3. Wiklund, J., Davidsson, P., & Delmar, F. (2003, Spring). What do they think and feel about growth? An expectancy-value approach to small business managers' attitudes toward growth.

Question 1

What is the purpose of the study?

Answer 1

The purpose of the study is to examine the motivations of small business managers to expand their firms, by investigating the relationships between expected consequences of growth and overall attitude towards growth.

Question 2

What does the study suggest about small business managers’ attitude towards growth?

Answer 2

The study suggests that non-economic concerns, such as employee well-being, may be more influential than expected financial outcomes in determining overall attitude towards growth.

Question 3

What is the primary source of new jobs identified in the passage?

Answer 3

The primary source of new jobs identified in the passage is small firm growth.

Question 3

What is the expectancy-value model of attitude?

Answer 3

The expectancy-value model of attitude is a theory that explains how attitude is formed by multiplying an individual’s beliefs and evaluations and summing them up.

Question 4

What is the purpose of the expectancy-value model of attitude?

Answer 4

The purpose of the expectancy-value model of attitude is to explain why people behave in certain ways by looking at attitudes. It is used to predict specific attitudes in specific contexts.

Question 5

What is the relationship between expected consequences of growth and attitude toward growth?

Answer 5

There is a substantial, general relationship between expected consequences of growth and attitude toward growth, where small-business managers’ feelings about whether the growth of their business is good or bad can be explained on the basis of the consequences that they expect from growth.