Changing times, changing drives: Entrepreneurial motivation across generations
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2025-5-025" target="_blank" >10.15240/tul/001/2025-5-025</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Changing times, changing drives: Entrepreneurial motivation across generations
Original language description
Entrepreneurs from generation to generation play a significant role in the business environment. Understanding this issue, especially by policymakers, is crucial for development. Misunderstanding or lack of interest often leads to inaction or incorrect decisions, creating barriers for current and potential entrepreneurs. Each generation evolves in its own era, and over time, each will fade and be replaced by a new, undefined generation. Policymakers would be interested in understanding these changes and providing targeted support for the needs of different generations, together with removing barriers that arise over time. This paper explores the differences in entrepreneurial motivation. As times change, entrepreneurs must adapt, leading to shifts in behaviour and personality. The study examines motivations for starting businesses across generations, considering variables such as business field, experience, age, sales, and type. Primary research in 446 business entities using the CAWI (computer assisted web interviewing) method tested generational differences in business motivation and participation. The statistical method, Cramer’s V, identified interrelationships between variables. Four hypotheses were tested, revealing an influence between necessity motivation and financial results, and a significant tie between generation type and company establishment. These findings could increase interest in this topic, which is expected to revive interest among researchers and policymakers. Simultaneously, the output increases awareness of this issue and brings knowledge to improve the quality of business conditions for all generations.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50204 - Business and management
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
E & M EKONOMIE A MANAGEMENT
ISSN
1212-3609
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
ahead
Issue of the periodical within the volume
ahead-of-print
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
1-16
UT code for WoS article
001643460600001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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