The antecedents of intention are: social norms, perceived behaviour control & Attitude (view attached document). These antecedents are the sum of motivational factors.

Entrepreneurial intentions: applying the theory of planned behaviour:

Krueger, N. F., & Carsrud, A. L. (1993). Entrepreneurial intentions: applying the theory of planned behaviour. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 5(4), 315-330.

Thank you Dyer

I see that the entrepreneur needs to be motivated. In business literature arise when terms like "claw", "will power" or other synonyms. Anyway, you can see the negative aspect: someone unmotivated in his current job, for various reasons, decides to undertake something itself.

Dear Emmanuel,

In my opinion, Values and attitudes interact to form motivations, which in turn affect intention. I tend to agree with Prof. Dyer, but I would specifically add the role of motivations. For more details, please see:

https://elgarblog.wordpress.com/2015/03/10/developing-entrepreneurs-a-context-sensitive-process-by-francisco-linan/

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11365-014-0306-7

Hello Remilien,

My research has found that there are several reasons why individuals considering entrepreneurship would continue with their goal of founding a business, including greater control of their destiny, increased satisfaction, more money, and creating a legacy for their family and children. Here is an article that I wrote on this topic: 

There are also motivations involving work interfering with family (WIF) and family interfering with work (FIW), and other reasons for Self Employment Aspirants (SE Aspirants) examined in recent and forthcoming articles by Nicholas Beutell. 

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