Business Efficacy of Young Male Entrepreneurs Based on Spousal Context

Abstract

The purpose of this study is discover the differences of relationship between spousal involvement and emotional social support with business efficacy of young male entrepreneurs based on their spousal working status. Most of previous studies about business efficacy only discover from individual characteristics, but it still seldom discovered by spousal context, such as spousal involvement, social emotional spousal support and spousal working status. Young male entrepreneur’s spouse has important roles for their business venture running. This study used a quantitative approach with survey method. The population in this study were 61 young male entrepreneurs who has married and lives in Surabaya or surrounding areas. Analysis of this study using analysis of covariance and correlation. Research findings show that there are differences of relationship between spousal involvement and business efficacy based on spousal working status. This study also show that there are differences of relationship between spousal emotional social support and business efficacy based on spousal working status. The involvement of wives who work outside of their husband business institution has not correlate with husband's business efficacy. The involvement of wives who work in their husband business institution has strong correlation with husband's business efficacy. Similarly, the emotional social support of wives who work in their husband business institution has strong correlation with husband's business efficacy.