A system of values and economic behaviour models of young entrepreneurs
International Journal of Organizational Analysis
ISSN: 1934-8835
Article publication date: 22 October 2021
Issue publication date: 31 October 2023
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship of values with individual economic behaviour, identifies the correlation between personality values that are conditioned upon the culture, and evaluations of economic behaviour situations on the example of Russian culture.
Design/methodology/approach
This study involved 222 people of Russian nationality, young entrepreneurs employed in the commercial field, developing their own business. The following methods were used in the study: the methodology for measuring the values of an individual and cultural level; Melbourne Decision Making Questionnaire, a scenario methodology for economic behaviour, which is a short behavioural scenario (model of behaviour), taken from real life. The statistical processing of experimental data was carried out using the IBM SPSS Statistics Version 21 software package.
Findings
The values with correlated progressive and regressive economic forms of behaviour were identified for modern Russian society. The correlation of factors with progressive and regressive economic behaviour was also identified.
Practical implications
The practical significance of the study lies in the possibility of applying the results obtained not only in the system of economic education but also in programs to support the business activity of young entrepreneurs.
Originality/value
The value of this study is determined by the fact that it can be placed in a broader context of research into the relationship between the levels of human consciousness and his behaviour.
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Acknowledgements
The authors thank Munkhzul Ganbold, a bachelor of psychology at St. Petersburg State University, who performed her empirical study under the guidance of S. Gurieva in 2019. The results of the study were noted as the best graduate qualified work of foreign students.
This work is published with the financial support of the Russian Federal Property Fund, project No. 19–013-00686-A.
Citation
Gurieva, S.D. and Zashchirinskaia, O.V. (2023), "A system of values and economic behaviour models of young entrepreneurs", International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Vol. 31 No. 5, pp. 1513-1524. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-04-2021-2694
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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