Entrepreneurial Fear-of-Failure among the Emirati Youth: An Ordered Logistic Regression Estimation

Document Type

Article

Source of Publication

World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development

Publication Date

1-1-2024

Abstract

PURPOSE: The study investigates the fear of entrepreneurial failure among Emirati university students. METHODOLOGY: The study surveyed 324 university students with an average age of 20.7 years. The data were analysed using Ordinal Logistic Regression with Proportional Odds to find factors that may provoke the fear of entrepreneurial failure and assess the hypotheses among this group of Emirati youth. FINDINGS: The results showed that although these young people have a degree of fear of failure, they recognise that entrepreneurial education, social support, understanding of opportunities, and mitigating obstacles can contribute to transforming this fear into reasons to undertake entrepreneurship. ORIGINALITY: The paper contributes new insights into the psychological barriers facing young Emirati entrepreneurs and underscores the transformative potential of educational and social interventions.

ISSN

2042-5961

Publisher

World Association for Sustainable Development (WASD)

Volume

20

Issue

1

First Page

75

Last Page

89

Disciplines

Business

Keywords

Entrepreneurial intentions, Entrepreneurship, Fear of Failure, Ordered Logistic Regression, Risk Aversion

Scopus ID

85194422335

Indexed in Scopus

yes

Open Access

no

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