Globalization has increased the number of individuals who identify with more than one culture. Studies in cultural psychology suggest that the manner in which bicultural individuals manage their dual cultural identities has important implications for them and for their host societies. While existing studies have examined the psychological and sociocultural consequences of biculturalism, only little attention has been paid to understanding its economic consequences. Importantly, the effect that managing dual cultural identities has on bicultural individual's entrepreneurial intentions has remained unexplored. Given the fact that entrepreneurship is vital to the economic success of nations and biculturals are said to play an important role as founders of several new business ventures, it has become critical to analyze the impact that biculturalism has on bicultural individual's propensity to start new business ventures. This dissertation aspires to fill this gap in research. In this dissertation, I used the identity integrationist perspective to argue that amongst biculturals, those with high identity integration will display greater entrepreneurial intentions than those with less identity integration. Further, I argued that cognitions, specifically cognitive cultural intelligence, cultural metacognition and cognitive flexibility, will mediate the effect of bicultural identity integration on entrepreneurial intentions. Empirical analysis supported the argument that biculturals with high identity integration display greater entrepreneurial intentions. Further, cognitive cultural intelligence and cultural metacognition were found to mediate the effect of identity integration on entrepreneurial intentions. I also assessed the role that attitude towards risk taking and attitude towards autonomy play in explaining biculturals' entrepreneurial intentions. I argued that biculturals with more positive attitude towards risk taking and more positive attitude towards autonomy will display greater entrepreneurial intentions. Empirical analysis supported this viewpoint. Further, based on entrepreneurial cognition stream of research, I argued that cognitions, specifically cognitive cultural intelligence, cultural metacognition and cognitive flexibility will positively influence biculturals attitude towards risk taking and attitude towards autonomy. Empirical analysis found support for the positive effect of cognitive flexibility on biculturals' attitudes towards risk taking and autonomy. Taken together, results of this dissertation offer a finer grained understanding of the factors and the mechanism that influence bicultural individual's entrepreneurial intentions. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2015. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, November, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University, 1972. / Photocopy. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1975. -- 21 cm. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 238-256).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Akron, School of Communications, 2005. / "May, 2005." Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed 09/24/2005) Includes bibliographical references.

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Lee Ming-kwan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1973. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-89). / Methodological Preface --- p.iv / Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter I --- INNOVATION DIFFUSION: THE CHINESE THEORY --- p.7 / Introduction / Agro-technical Revolution: The Actualization Of An Objective Historical Necessity / Agro-technical Innovations Precipitate Con-tradictions Among The People / Innovativeness / The Comoplementary Of The Processes Of Inno-vation And Diffusion / Chapter Chapter II --- THE NATURE OF INNOVATIONS. --- p.17 / Introduction / A Heuristic Model Of Innovation Attributes / The Attributes Of Agro-technical Innovations In Communist China / Chapter Chapter III --- PLANNED DIFFUSION: TOWARDS A CHINESE MODEL OF INNOVATION DIFFUSION --- p.36 / Introduction / Toward A Taxonomy Of Planned Diffusion / Conflict As Strategy--Emulation Campaign / "Conflict As Strategy--""Struggle""" / Chapter Chapter IV --- THE CADRE AS CHANGE AGENT --- p.64 / Introduction / The Milieu Of Change Agentry / Change Agentry-The Chinese Style / Chapter Chapter V --- CONCLUSION --- p.80 / NOTES --- p.82