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Generational persona and entrepreneurial behavior among millennial entrepreneurs: the mediating role of adaptability tendencies

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  • Yiga Sirajje
  • Ernest Abaho
  • Isa Nsereko
  • Edith Mwebaza Basalirwa
  • Ngoma Muhammed
  • Juma Wasswa Balunywa

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Purpose - The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between generational persona, adaptability tendencies and entrepreneurial behavior. The paper also aims at testing the mediating role of adaptability tendencies in the relationship between generational persona and entrepreneurial behavior among millennial entrepreneurs in an African setting. Design/methodology/approach - The study adopts a quantitative methodological approach with a cross-sectional, questionnaire survey and correlational design where hypotheses were statistically tested using Structural Equation Modelling based on survey data (n = 382) from millennial entrepreneurs in Kampala Uganda. Findings - Drawing on the sample of 382 millennial entrepreneurs in Kampala, findings show that both generational persona and adaptability tendencies are positively and significantly associated with entrepreneurial behavior. Results further indicate that adaptability tendencies partially mediates the relationship between generational persona and entrepreneurial behavior among millennial entrepreneurs. Research limitations/implications - This study focused only on millennial entrepreneurs in Kampala Uganda ignoring other equally important groups of entrepreneurs like the baby boomers, generation Xers, generation Y and others. As such, the findings of this research do not entirely apply to all entrepreneurs in the country and this may have affected the generalizability of the results. Therefore, future studies can be done on the entrepreneurial behavior focusing on all entrepreneurs from all generations. Also, the study used a quantitative approach, future studies should consider a mixed methodology, which may give a more holistic understanding of entrepreneurial behavior. Practical implications - In practice, millennial entrepreneurs may use the results of the study to see how they can improve their performance for their businesses to benefit. Specifically, they ought to focus on adaptability, and generational persona to exhibit those entrepreneurial behaviors which will generally lead to the improvement of their businesses. Originality/value - To the authors’ knowledge, this study provides a shred of initial empirical evidence on the relationship between generational persona, adaptability tendencies and entrepreneurial behavior using evidence from a low developed African country Uganda. Mostly, this study provides initial evidence of the mediating role of adaptability tendencies in the relationship between generational persona and entrepreneurial behavior. This study incorporates the Generational Cohort Theory and the Complex Adaptive Systems Theory into an applied theoretical framework that explains entrepreneurial behavior. More still, this study answers the call for more empirical studies on entrepreneurial behavior.

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  • Yiga Sirajje & Ernest Abaho & Isa Nsereko & Edith Mwebaza Basalirwa & Ngoma Muhammed & Juma Wasswa Balunywa, 2024. "Generational persona and entrepreneurial behavior among millennial entrepreneurs: the mediating role of adaptability tendencies," Management Matters, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 21(2), pages 143-163, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:eme:manmpp:manm-02-2024-0010
    DOI: 10.1108/MANM-02-2024-0010
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