Original scientific paper

Individual Entrepreneurial Behavior in Croatian IT Firms: The Contribution of Strategic Thinking Skills

Lara Jelenc orcid.org/0000-0002-7052-6206 ; Faculty of Economics University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
John Pisapia ; Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology Florida Atlantic University, Florida, USA

Abstract

This article addresses the contribution of strategic thinking skills in explaining individual entrepreneurial behavior in Croatian IT firms. Strategic thinking skills were assessed according to entrepreneurs’ use of systems thinking, reflecting, and reframing. Individual entrepreneurial behavior was measured by their inclination towards risk-taking, innovativeness, and proactiveness. Our study of 136 IT entrepreneurs in Croatia confirmed that entrepreneurs with a more developed use of strategic thinking skills exhibit stronger entrepreneurial behaviors. In fact, proactiveness as an element of IEB had a strong relation to all components of strategic thinking skills. Systems thinking as an element of strategic thinking skills showed to be a predictor of all individual entrepreneurial behavior elements.

Keywords

entrepreneurs; individual entrepreneurial behavior; strategic thinking skills; strategic entrepreneurship; proactiveness; systems thinking; Croatia; IT

Hrčak ID:

149619

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/149619

Publication date:

16.12.2015.

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