The New Social Construction of Entrepreneurship: From Professional Workers to Moslempreneurs

The concept of entrepreneurship is an important factor for increasing economic growth in Indonesia. Moslempreneur is an actor in entrepreneurship, who has and shows an identity with a distinctive personality and characteristics as a Moslem, who is able to carry out Islamic business ethics. Business competition in the global era demands a competitive advantage. The phenomenon that arose from the formation of a university graduate’s entrepreneurship is laymen. The construction of entrepreneurship from moslem workers who have a professional background and feel bored in the organization can increase the amount of entrepreneur effectively. This study used a behavioral and organizational approach in forming professional moslempreneurs, so this study examined individual, organization, market factor, and professional skills that affect moslempreneur intention and behavior by using the Structural Equation Model (SEM) in executing data analysis on this quantitative research. Sampling was collected by a purposive snowball sampling method on 108 moslempreneur respondents in Indonesia who have a professional background. The results showed that 1) entrepreneurship intention reflected through individual factors, market factor, and professional skill; 2) organizational factors affect professional skill; 3) entrepreneurship intention affects entrepreneurship behavior; 4) the contextual elements (entrepreneurial instruments) do not moderate the relationship between the entrepreneurship intention to entrepreneurship behavior. The managerial implication suggests potential experienced moslem workers who are still in the organization and intend to be entrepreneurs can be moslempreneurs without any hesitation in making entrepreneurial decisions. This research finding revealed new mini theory named a "Signaling Moslempreneurship".