| dc.description.abstract | Abstract
Entrepreneurs represent a special and rare group in an economic system, and they play a critical role in establishing new businesses. Therefore, issues relating to entrepreneurs are important research topics. Notably, why do some people become entrepreneurs while others do not? Many studies have attempted to answer the above question. If entrepreneurs naturally born or they can be educated from school. Therefore, the issue of entrepreneur origin relates crucially to entrepreneur education.
In the field of MIS education, the goal is to educate information technology application professionals. Previous educational efforts have educated numerous outstanding information systems application personnel, but equivalent success has not been achieved in cultivating entrepreneurs. Previous studies have demonstrated that entrepreneurs have identified certain personality traits unique to entrepreneurs, but no study have focused on software industry entrepreneurs in Taiwan.
This study integrates studies from multiple intelligences and social capital to investigate their influence on entrepreneur behaviors. A two phase research design was employed. The first phase conducted a case study. This phase was designed to understand the entrepreneurial spirit of social capital and how to measure this concept. The results were used as the basis of the next phase. A total of seven software industry entrepreneurs were interviewed. In the second phase, a survey was implemented. Integrating the concept of multiple intelligences and the results of first phase and integrated model of entrepreneurial decision behavior was developed. Additionally, related research hypotheses were proposed and validated. The research subjects during this phase included software industry entrepreneurs and information systems professionals.
The first phase of this study defined entrepreneurial social capital and proposed measuring it based on three dimensions: structure, cognitive, and relationship of social capital. This measurement were employed and validated in the second phase. The second phase results indicated that there exists differences between entrepreneurs, IS managers and IS technical people in terms of multiple intelligences (emotional intelligence, social intelligence, and cultural intelligence). Regarding social capital, the results indicated that besides daily social capital significant differences exist between the three research samples. These variables include personal social capital cognition, participation in work related association and trust. This study also found that personal emotional intelligence and cognition related to social capital positively affects social capital forming. Finally, this study indicated that personal multiple intelligences and social capital positively affect entrepreneurial decision behavior. Related discussions, limitations, and future research directions are discussed in this dissertation. | en_US |