Testing the partial mediating effect of informal economy on the relationship between Regulatory Focus Theory and firm performance

Managers in the dynamic environment of emerging markets have a choice to either conduct some economic activities in the informal economy or not. This choice is governed by their ability to take risks. One of the established theories that help explain why some individuals are risk takers while others...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: El Touki, Hana (author)
التنسيق: masterThesis
منشور في: 2021
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/13655
https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2022.256
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/thesis.php
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv New business enterprises -- Marketing
Regulatory focus (Psychology)
Communication in marketing
Economic development
Lebanese American University -- Dissertations
Dissertations, Academic
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description Managers in the dynamic environment of emerging markets have a choice to either conduct some economic activities in the informal economy or not. This choice is governed by their ability to take risks. One of the established theories that help explain why some individuals are risk takers while others are risk averse is the regulatory focus theory (RFT). Prior research have studied the relationships between RFT and firm performance, RFT and the use of informal economy, and the use of informal economy and firm performance. In this paper, I bundle all previous findings and theorize that the use of informal economy partially mediates the relationship between RFT and firm performance. That is, I fill a gap in the literature by studying the effect of personal and environmental factors together on firm performance in the dynamic environments of emerging markets. Using a sample of 362 Lebanese managers, I found support for my theorizing. In particular, I found that the use of informal economy partially mediates the positive relationship between promotion focus mindset and firm performance, and the negative relationship between prevention focus mindset and firm performance.
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spelling Testing the partial mediating effect of informal economy on the relationship between Regulatory Focus Theory and firm performanceEl Touki, HanaNew business enterprises -- MarketingRegulatory focus (Psychology)Communication in marketingEconomic developmentLebanese American University -- DissertationsDissertations, AcademicManagers in the dynamic environment of emerging markets have a choice to either conduct some economic activities in the informal economy or not. This choice is governed by their ability to take risks. One of the established theories that help explain why some individuals are risk takers while others are risk averse is the regulatory focus theory (RFT). Prior research have studied the relationships between RFT and firm performance, RFT and the use of informal economy, and the use of informal economy and firm performance. In this paper, I bundle all previous findings and theorize that the use of informal economy partially mediates the relationship between RFT and firm performance. That is, I fill a gap in the literature by studying the effect of personal and environmental factors together on firm performance in the dynamic environments of emerging markets. Using a sample of 362 Lebanese managers, I found support for my theorizing. In particular, I found that the use of informal economy partially mediates the positive relationship between promotion focus mindset and firm performance, and the negative relationship between prevention focus mindset and firm performance.1 online resource (xi, 50 leaves): col. ill.Includes bibliographical references (leaf 43-50)Lebanese American University2022-06-14T08:58:25Z2022-06-14T08:58:25Z20212021-07-14Thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesishttp://hdl.handle.net/10725/13655https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2022.256http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/thesis.phpeninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/136552022-07-06T09:31:46Z
spellingShingle Testing the partial mediating effect of informal economy on the relationship between Regulatory Focus Theory and firm performance
El Touki, Hana
New business enterprises -- Marketing
Regulatory focus (Psychology)
Communication in marketing
Economic development
Lebanese American University -- Dissertations
Dissertations, Academic
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title Testing the partial mediating effect of informal economy on the relationship between Regulatory Focus Theory and firm performance
title_full Testing the partial mediating effect of informal economy on the relationship between Regulatory Focus Theory and firm performance
title_fullStr Testing the partial mediating effect of informal economy on the relationship between Regulatory Focus Theory and firm performance
title_full_unstemmed Testing the partial mediating effect of informal economy on the relationship between Regulatory Focus Theory and firm performance
title_short Testing the partial mediating effect of informal economy on the relationship between Regulatory Focus Theory and firm performance
title_sort Testing the partial mediating effect of informal economy on the relationship between Regulatory Focus Theory and firm performance
topic New business enterprises -- Marketing
Regulatory focus (Psychology)
Communication in marketing
Economic development
Lebanese American University -- Dissertations
Dissertations, Academic
url http://hdl.handle.net/10725/13655
https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2022.256
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/thesis.php