Survey on Individuals’ Preferences for Employee Entrepreneurship and Mobility (Japanese)

This paper investigates the actual situation of employee entrepreneurship and mobility in Japan. The Government of Japan positioned 2022 as the first year of startup creation and formulated the “Startup Development Five-year Plan†at the end of 2022. Using a questionnaire survey entitled “Survey on Employee Entrepreneurship and Mobility,†we examine how individuals’ attributes, experiences, abilities, and thinking characteristics affect their intention for entrepreneurship and job switching. The following points became clear from the survey results. (1) Young generations are more likely to have an intention for entrepreneurship and job switching. Males are more likely to start a business than females. (2) Individuals with a large amount of financial assets are more likely to have an intention for entrepreneurship. (3) Individuals with large family sizes are more likely to have an intention for entrepreneurship, while those with small family sizes are more likely to have the intention of job switching. (4) Dissatisfaction with the current job environment increases individuals’ intention for entrepreneurship and job switching. (5) A longer working period reduces individuals’ intention for entrepreneurship and job switching. (6) Experience in working overseas and with foreign-affiliated firms, as well as transactions with and investment in startups, is positively associated with individuals’ intention for entrepreneurship and job switching. (7) Experience in filing patents and utility models is positively associated with individuals’ intention for entrepreneurship and job switching. (8) Experience in receiving commendations or awards based on professional competence is positively associated with individuals’ intention for entrepreneurship and job switching. (9) Parents’ experience in entrepreneurship is positively associated with individuals’ intention for entrepreneurship. (10) Individuals who take concrete steps to start a business tend to have high extraversion and low agreeableness in terms of the Big Five personality traits.