LOCUS OF CONTROL, ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOR AND PERFORMANCE OF SMALL BUSINESSES

Authors

  • Cristiano de Oliveira Maciel Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná
  • Camila Camargo Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná

Abstract

 The purpose of this study is to relate the constructs: entrepreneurial behavior, locus of control and organizational performance. The initial phase consisted of interviews to assist in the task of building the questionnaires for collecting data. The second stage consisted in obtaining data through a survey applied in a nonprobability sample of small businesses that serve retail of clothing in Curitiba (PR). After obtaining the data, it was applied the technique Structural Equation Modeling for the test of relations between constructs. Of the tested relations was possible to observe negative influence of external locus of control on performance, positive influence of internal locus on entrepreneurial behavior and also positive influence of entrepreneurial behavior on organizational performance. Finally deserves emphasis the capability of internal locus of control to enhance the influence of entrepreneurial behavior on organizational performance.

KEYWORDS: Locus of control; Entrepreneurial behavior; Performance; Small businesses; Retail.

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Author Biographies

Cristiano de Oliveira Maciel, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná

Doutorando em Administração pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.

Professor do Grupo Educacional Uninter  e Pesquisador da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.

Camila Camargo, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná

Doutoranda em Administração pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração da Ponticia Universidade Católica do Paraná.

Professora do Grupo Educacional Uninter e Pesquisadora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná

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Published

2010-01-11

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 2 (2010)

Section

Resources and Entrepreneurial Development

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