Entrepreneurial intentions

By Muhammad Farrukh, Yazan Alzubi, I. Shahzad, A. Waheed, Nagina Kanwal. Asia Pacific Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 2018

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Purpose This study aims to inculcate personality traits in theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and analyze mediation of perceived behavior control (PBC) and attitude toward entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected with the help of a structured questionnaire from students at four universities located in capital city of Pakistan. SmartPLS has been used to run structural equation modeling technique. Findings Findings of PLS analysis revealed that the relationship between entrepreneurial intentions (EI) and personality traits was mediated by PBC and attitude toward entrepreneurship. Originality/value This study contributes toward the understanding of EI of students in Pakistan – a developing economy. More specifically, it sheds light on the vitality of personality traits in determining the antecedents of EI. Leaning on TPB and intention models, the study incorporated personality traits to unveil a unique and testable multidimensional model of EI, which supports the notion that external factors such as personality characteristics can indirectly affect EI. This research also supports the incorporation of personality traits in TPB and suggests that these socio cognitive theories should concede the indirect effect of personality on intention and behavior.

Subfields: Business and International Management, Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation

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Citations in the corpus

Academic, Family, and Peer Influence on Entrepreneurial Intention of Engineering Students (2020, background): “Therefore, in spite of the availability of various other theories in the domain, researchers are drawn to TPB as the basic model for studying EI and entrepreneurial behavior (Fayolle & Liñán, 2014; Schlaegel & Koenig, 2014).”
The Impact of Entrepreneurial Passion on the Entrepreneurial Intention; Moderating Impact of Perception of University Support (2021, background): “Entrepreneurship represents a driving force for the creation of new job opportunities, regional and national competitiveness and growth, and having substantial economic and social benefits (Vodă and Florea 2019; Farrukh et al. 2018; Harris et al. 2014).”
Entrepreneurial Intention: Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and University Support (2020, background): “Last shreds of evidence have considered ATE acts as an intermediary variable in a series of relationships that links individual/psychological parameters with business outcomes, such as ATE as an intermediary between personality traits and EI [4].”