Optimism, economic concern, trust in the government, and entrepreneurial intention during the COVID-19 pandemic

Sharon Garyn-Tal; Shosh Shahrabani; Sara Lev; Helen Roberts

doi:10.1504/IJESB.2025.143825

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Optimism, economic concern, trust in the government, and entrepreneurial intention during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Optimism, economic concern, trust in the government, and entrepreneurial intention during the COVID-19 pandemic

Sharon Garyn-Tal, Shosh Shahrabani, Sara Lev and Helen Roberts

International journal of entrepreneurship and small business, Vol.54(2), pp.225-245

09/01/2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJESB.2025.143825

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COVID-19

trust in the government

entrepreneurship

Israel

optimism

economic concern

The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent worldwide economic crisis had a profound impact on the economic situation and decision-making abilities of many individuals, and particularly potential entrepreneurs. The current study investigates the factors affecting entrepreneurial intentions in the context of COVID-19. An online questionnaire was used to collect data among 682 adults in Israel during 2020. The results reveal that optimism orientation, trust in the government, and economic concern exerted a collaborative and interactive influence on the entrepreneurial intentions of Israelis. The research makes both theoretical and practical contributions by exploring new relationships among various factors in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings suggest that economic policy should provide temporary economic support during crisis periods to reduce the economic concerns of potential entrepreneurs and boost their optimism level, in turn encouraging new entrepreneurship.

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Record Identifier: 9926671936201891
Title: Optimism, economic concern, trust in the government, and entrepreneurial intention during the COVID-19 pandemic
Creators: Sharon Garyn-Tal
Shosh Shahrabani
Sara Lev
Helen Roberts
Publication Details: International journal of entrepreneurship and small business, Vol.54(2), pp.225-245
Academic Unit: Accountancy and Finance
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date published ; e-published: 09/01/2025
Copyright: Copyright © The Author(s) 2025. This version in OUR Archive is the author’s manuscript accepted for publication after peer-review. The published version is: Garyn-Tal, S., Shahrabani, S., Lev, S., & Roberts, H. (2025). Optimism, economic concern, trust in the government, and entrepreneurial intention during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 54(2), 225–245. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJESB.2025.143825. The author's accepted manuscript (AAM) is made available in accordance with the publisher’s policy and may be subject to an embargo period - please refer to the information in Files and Links for the embargo expiry date. After the embargo has expired, the AAM is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided that the original work is properly attributed to the creator(s) and the source, a link to the Creative Commons license is provided, and any changes made are indicated.
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Language: English
Resource Type ; Subtype: Journal article