Journal article
Malaysian regulative institutional context moderating entrepreneurs’ export intention
The Journal of Entrepreneurship, Vol.29(2), pp.395-427
2020
Abstract
Entrepreneurship is a multi-level phenomenon and it is important to investigate how antecedents at different levels interact to determine outcomes. Using multi-level contextualisation, this article examines how a country’s regulative institutional context affects small- and mediumsized entrepreneurs’ (SME) export intention. Institutional theory provides a lens for understanding how macro-level policy that supports one group of firms creates different micro-level contexts for decision-making. The theory of planned behaviour (TPB) provides a framework for comparing antecedents of export intention in different micro-level contexts. Data were gathered from 243 Malaysian SME entrepreneurs: 108 ethnic Malays (eligible for institutional support) and 135 ethnic Chinese (ineligible). Partial least squares estimated effects of antecedents on intention and multi-group analysis tested for differences between the path coefficients of ethnic Malay and ethnic Chinese SME entrepreneurs. Malaysia’s affirmative policy moderated decision-making process: ethnic Malay SME entrepreneurs are motivated to export by perceived control of actions and positive attitude; their Chinese counterparts are motivated to export by attitude alone. The findings suggest that desirability (attitude) and feasibility (perceived behavioural control) jointly predict SME entrepreneurs’ export intention in a munificent context, whereas desirability is the sole predictor in a penurious context.
Details
- Title
- Malaysian regulative institutional context moderating entrepreneurs’ export intention
- Authors/Creators
- K.H. Looi (Author/Creator) - Xiamen University MalaysiaJ.E. Klobas (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
- Publication Details
- The Journal of Entrepreneurship, Vol.29(2), pp.395-427
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Identifiers
- 991005540807007891
- Copyright
- © 2020 by Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Gujarat
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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