TY - JOUR
T1 - Physical activity level as a booster of entrepreneurial intention
T2 - a social innovation approach
AU - Rodrigues, Ricardo
AU - Marques, Carla Susana
AU - Esteves, Dulce
AU - Brás, Rui
AU - Santos, Gina
AU - Gouveia, Ana
AU - Duarte, Paulo
AU - Pinheiro, Paulo
AU - O’Hara, Kelly
AU - Marques, Vanessa
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is supported by public funds, through the FCT – Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology under the projects POCI/DES/58872/2004, UID/GES/04630/2019 and UID/SOC/04011/2019.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2020/3/1
Y1 - 2020/3/1
N2 - This study aims to investigate if engaging in physical activity (PA) and gender influences people’s entrepreneurial intention (EI). A survey for measuring EI and PA was developed and administered to the general population. The data were collected with a questionnaire distributed across all continental Portuguese regions. A two-way analysis of variance was used to test the influence of PA level and gender in EI. The results highlight that PA and gender have an impact on EI. This study’s main practical implication is that evidence was found that people need to be involved in more PA, especially in high PA level, because the results show that there is an association with increased levels of EI. This paper contributes to filling a gap in the literature by identifying the importance of PA for the increase of EI. This relationship may be a consequence of skills promoted by the practice of PA and also the development of some personal psychological and cognitive characteristics such as autonomy, risk tolerance, and leadership. The main implication resulting from this study is that it is essential to develop and booster PA into society, namely through PA programmes in organisations, not only for improving persons’ health condition but also as a social benefit, that can promote social innovation and entrepreneurship.
AB - This study aims to investigate if engaging in physical activity (PA) and gender influences people’s entrepreneurial intention (EI). A survey for measuring EI and PA was developed and administered to the general population. The data were collected with a questionnaire distributed across all continental Portuguese regions. A two-way analysis of variance was used to test the influence of PA level and gender in EI. The results highlight that PA and gender have an impact on EI. This study’s main practical implication is that evidence was found that people need to be involved in more PA, especially in high PA level, because the results show that there is an association with increased levels of EI. This paper contributes to filling a gap in the literature by identifying the importance of PA for the increase of EI. This relationship may be a consequence of skills promoted by the practice of PA and also the development of some personal psychological and cognitive characteristics such as autonomy, risk tolerance, and leadership. The main implication resulting from this study is that it is essential to develop and booster PA into society, namely through PA programmes in organisations, not only for improving persons’ health condition but also as a social benefit, that can promote social innovation and entrepreneurship.
KW - Entrepreneurial intention
KW - Gender
KW - Physical activity
KW - Social innovation
KW - Sports
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85070769003&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s12208-019-00227-1
DO - 10.1007/s12208-019-00227-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85070769003
SN - 1865-1984
VL - 17
SP - 121
EP - 133
JO - International Review on Public and Nonprofit Marketing
JF - International Review on Public and Nonprofit Marketing
IS - 1
ER -
