What to do when the cage opens? Entrepreneurial motivations and individual beliefs of former convicts

Authors

  • Larissa Cavalcante Albuquerque Faculty of Economics, Administration, Actuarial and Accounting (FEAAC), Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
  • Evangelina da Silva Sousa Faculty of Economics, Administration, Actuarial and Accounting (FEAAC), Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, CE, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8455-1824
  • Raimundo Eduardo Silveira Fontenele Faculty of Economics, Administration, Actuarial and Accounting (FEAAC), Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
  • Tereza Cristina Batista de Lima Faculty of Economics, Administration, Actuarial and Accounting (FEAAC), Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, CE, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6594-4921

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14211/regepe.e1938

Keywords:

Entrepreneurial Motivation, Salient Beliefs, Penitentiary.

Abstract

Purpose: to investigate the entrepreneurial motivations and individual beliefs of former convicts from prisons in Ceará regarding opening their own business, according to the theory of planned behavior (TPB). Method/Approach: a qualitative research was carried out with eleven former convicts from the Ceará prison system. The data collected through semi-structured interviews were analyzed by Atlas-ti software, using content analysis and pattern matching techniques. Results: the former convicts expressed their intention to open their own business based on three motivations: necessity, opportunity, and personal achievement. The entrepreneurial intention was influenced by behavioral and normative beliefs, and perceived control. Theoretical/Methodological contributions: this research promotes and expands the discussion on entrepreneurship after a period of deprivation of liberty, using the TPB to identify beliefs that precede the entrepreneurial intention. Relevance/Originality: the findings oppose the dichotomous classification of entrepreneurial motivation described by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. The study endorses the important influence of social reference in building normative beliefs, which were perceived as facilitators of behavioral intention, being often confused with beliefs of perceived control. Social contributions: to recognize the low employability of former convicts as a management problem, which can foster a debate on strategies that seek to minimize these negative impacts. This study invites a discuss on joint efforts between public authorities, the population and academia, to mitigate prejudice against former offenders by society.

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Author Biographies

Larissa Cavalcante Albuquerque , Faculty of Economics, Administration, Actuarial and Accounting (FEAAC), Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, CE, Brazil

is Academic Coordinator at UNIFANOR. Master in Administration and Controllership from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC) and Graduated in Social Communication with specialization in Advertising and Propaganda from UFC. Her research interests are entrepreneurship and marketing.

Evangelina da Silva Sousa, Faculty of Economics, Administration, Actuarial and Accounting (FEAAC), Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, CE, Brazil

is Administrator of the Federal University of Piauí (UFPI). PhD in Administration and Controllership from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Master in Development and Environment from UFPI and Graduated in Administration from UFPI. Her research interests are sustainability, consumption, behavioral intent, and entrepreneurship.

Raimundo Eduardo Silveira Fontenele, Faculty of Economics, Administration, Actuarial and Accounting (FEAAC), Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, CE, Brazil

is full professor of the economic sciences course at the Federal University of Ceará (UFC) and of the Postgraduate Program in Administration and Controllership at UFC. PhD in Economic Sciences from the Université Sorbonne Paris-Nord, Master in Rural Economics from UFC and Graduated in Economic Sciences from the University of Fortaleza (UNIFOR). His areas of interest in Economics and Administration include Project Economic Assessment, Sustainable Development and Natural Resource Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Planning and Public Policy.

Tereza Cristina Batista de Lima, Faculty of Economics, Administration, Actuarial and Accounting (FEAAC), Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, CE, Brazil

is Associate Professor II at the Federal University of Ceará (UFC) and at the Postgraduate Program in Administration and Controllership at UFC. PhD in Education from UFC, Master in Psychology from Pontifical Catholic University (PUC/SP) and Graduated in Psychology from UFC. Her research interests are socialization, entrepreneurial behavior, gender and diversity.

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Published

2021-09-01

How to Cite

Albuquerque , L. C., Sousa, E. da S., Fontenele, R. E. S., & Lima, T. C. B. de. (2021). What to do when the cage opens? Entrepreneurial motivations and individual beliefs of former convicts. REGEPE Entrepreneurship and Small Business Journal, 10(3), e1938. https://doi.org/10.14211/regepe.e1938

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