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Non-Pecuniary Motivations for Self-employment: Data from a MOOC on Social Entrepreneurship

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The current research examined autonomy and achievement motivations in a sample of 1496 participants registered to a U.K.-based Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on social entrepreneurship. A series of linear regression analyses revealed a significant effect of age and country on individual motivations across three separate sub-studies, which strengthens the replicability of this finding. The R values were as high as 70% for the effect of the country on achievement motivation, while age had a moderate degree of influence (approx. 30%) on pull motivations of achievement and autonomy. A way to gain greater clarity might be to conduct longitudinal studies examining motivations matched to specific entrepreneurial tasks.

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Abbreviations

SARIE:

Society of Associated Researchers of International Entrepreneurship

R1:

Round 1

R2:

Round 2

R3:

Round 3

AUT:

Autonomy

ACH:

Achievement motivations

AUTR1:

Autonomy round 1

AUTR2:

Autonomy round 2

AUTR3:

Autonomy round 3

ACHR1:

Achievement motivation round 1

ACHR2:

Achievement motivation round 2

ACHR3:

Achievement motivation round 3

DV:

Dependent variables

IV:

Independent variables

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Sharma, S., Sahni, S.P. & Sarkar, D.N. Non-Pecuniary Motivations for Self-employment: Data from a MOOC on Social Entrepreneurship. Psychol Stud 68, 291–309 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12646-023-00718-6

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