Kabir Ibrahim, Abdullahi Yazid Abubakar, Naqshbandi M Muzamil
School of Business and Economics, University of Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, BE1410 Brunei Darussalam.
College of Business Administration, University of Sharjah, University City Road, University City, Sharjah, UAE.
Qual Quant. 2023;57(2):1439-1463. doi: 10.1007/s11135-022-01357-1. Epub 2022 May 20.
The importance of institutional factors and entrepreneurial orientation is widely recognized in the study of entrepreneurship development, leading to the development of different measurement scales. Using the sample of 45 informal enterprises, we examined the factor structure, reliability, convergent and discriminant validity of the selected constructs adapted to measure these constructs in the context of informal enterprises in Nigeria. We examined 45 items that measure institutional factors (political, cognitive, cultural, and corruption) and entrepreneurship orientation (innovativeness, proactiveness, and risk-taking). An assessment of Cronbach's alpha and composite reliability shows that the items measuring risk-taking, proactiveness, uncertainty avoidance, and masculinity are internally consistent. However, some of the items measuring other constructs have lower loading, highlighting their lack of internal consistency. The results also evidence convergent and discriminant validity of the measures used. We conclude that most of the items are reliable measurements of the corresponding constructs, and the constructs adapted to measure these constructs correlate positively with the alternative measure of the constructs. Thus, the measures evaluated in this study can be used to assess these constructs across informal enterprises. The paper contributes to validating the measurement scales and indices of institutional theory and theory of entrepreneurial orientation in the context of informal enterprises.
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在创业发展研究中，制度因素和创业导向的重要性已得到广泛认可，这导致了不同测量量表的发展。我们以45家非正规企业为样本，检验了为在尼日利亚非正规企业背景下测量这些构念而改编的所选构念的因子结构、信度、收敛效度和区分效度。我们检验了45个测量制度因素（政治、认知、文化和腐败）和创业导向（创新性、前瞻性和冒险性）的项目。对克朗巴哈系数和组合信度的评估表明，测量冒险性、前瞻性、不确定性规避和男性化的项目具有内部一致性。然而，一些测量其他构念的项目载荷较低，凸显了它们缺乏内部一致性。结果还证明了所使用测量方法的收敛效度和区分效度。我们得出结论，大多数项目是相应构念的可靠测量指标，并且改编用于测量这些构念的指标与构念的替代测量指标呈正相关。因此，本研究中评估的测量方法可用于评估非正规企业中的这些构念。本文有助于在非正规企业背景下验证制度理论和创业导向理论的测量量表及指标。
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