Skill and value perceptions: how do they affect entrepreneurial intentions?

By F. Liñán. 2008

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This paper starts from Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior to test the role of different perceptions on the individual’s intention to become an entrepreneur. Support has most often been found for this theory in the field of entrepreneurship. However, little is yet known about the way in which perceptions are formed. It may be argued that social values regarding entrepreneurship, and also personal skill perceptions, would both affect entrepreneurial intentions. Our objective, therefore, is testing the existence and reach of both effects. Empirical analysis has been carried out on a sample of 249 university students. Structural equations models have been used to test our hypotheses. Results generally confirm them, since values and skills do play a significant role in explaining intention. However, the role of perceived skills seems to be more relevant. Implications may be derived in several areas, and especially regarding entrepreneurship education.

Subfields: Business and International Management, Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Beyond entrepreneurial intentions: values and motivations in entrepreneurship (2014, result): “Ability, in turn, has both a direct effect on intention and an indirect one through PBC, in line with previous research (Liñán 2008).”
Academic, Family, and Peer Influence on Entrepreneurial Intention of Engineering Students (2020, methodology): ““Entrepreneurial families” seem to have a direct positive effect on the EI as the aspiring individual would value entrepreneurship more highly than other available options of income, therefore enhancing the ATE (Liñán, 2008).”
Entrepreneurial intentions of young women in the Arab world: socio-cultural and educational barriers (2017, background): “Despite some controversy about the need for entrepreneurship education (for an extended review please see Nabi et al., 2017), a sound business education still has the potential to nurture entrepreneurial intentions amongst university students (Liñán, 2008; Kakouris, 2016).”
A Conceptual Model of Social Entrepreneurial Intention Based on the Social Cognitive Career Theory (2016, background): “…Boyd and Volzikis’s, 1994; Kolvereid, 1996; Krueger et al., 2000; Autio et al., 2010; Segal et al., 2002; Doan Winkel et al., 2011; Solesvik, 2003; Liñán and Santos, 2007; Liñán et al., 2011; Liñán, 2008; Liñán and Chen, 2009; Schlaegel and Koenig, 2014; Tshikovhi and Shambare, 2015).”
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The moderating role of entrepreneurship education on the antecedents of entrepreneurial intention (2016, unknown): “These results are in line with those obtained by Liñán (2008); Liñán and Chen (2009) and Liñán et al. (2011a, b).”
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