The roles of learning orientation and passion for work in the formation of entrepreneurial intention

By Dirk De Clercq, Benson Honig, Br Martin. 2013

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In order to extend understanding of the drivers that underlie entrepreneurial intention formation, this article investigates the hitherto underexplored roles of people’s learning orientation and passion for work. It considers how these personal characteristics may moderate the instrumentality of their perceived ability to become a successful entrepreneur, and perceptions of the attractiveness of becoming an entrepreneur. Using a survey of 946 university students, it finds that learning orientation and passion for work invigorate the role of these feasibility and desirability considerations in enhancing entrepreneurial intention. A follow-up analysis reveals that the moderating effects of learning orientation and passion for work on the perceived attractiveness–entrepreneurial intention relationship are stronger to the extent that people value the intrinsic goal of autonomy in their future career more, but these moderating effects are immune to the importance of the extrinsic goal of earning financial rewards. Several implications for research and practice emerge.

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

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In Business and International Management

1. F. Liñán
2. S. Karimi
3. Alain Fayolle
4. J. Moriano
5. Temoor Anjum
6. Petra Heidler
7. Sophie Bacq
8. Muhammad Farrukh

In Management of Technology and Innovation

1. F. Liñán
2. Alain Fayolle
3. J. Moriano
4. S. Karimi
5. Sophie Bacq
6. Inmaculada Jaén
7. Temoor Anjum
8. Petra Heidler

In Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

1. F. Liñán
2. J. Moriano
3. S. Karimi
4. Alain Fayolle
5. Sophie Bacq
6. Inmaculada Jaén
7. Carlota L. Aza
8. A. Lanero

Citations in the corpus

• The idea is not enough: The role of self-efficacy in mediating the relationship between pull entrepreneurship and founder passion – a research note (2015, background): “…intervening variable in entrepreneurial models (Hechavarria et al., 2012; Kasouf et al., 2013) and between passion and entrepreneurial intention (De Clercq et al., 2013), we believe that self-efficacy will mediate the relationship between pull entrepreneurship and the passion for being a founder.”
• Entrepreneurial Intention: Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and University Support (2020, background): “The creation of a new business was taking place at the time, and the first step in the process was to form entrepreneurial intentions [35].”
• Social cognitive determinants of entrepreneurial career choice in university students (2016, background): “Similarly, some empirical findings link intrinsic outcome expectations to the antecedents of entrepreneurial career choice (De Clercq et al., 2013).”
• Individualism and entrepreneurship: Does the pattern depend on the social context? (2016, background): “Learning is an important stimulus; such people tend to use their intellectual capacity to develop new products and services (De Clercq et al., 2013).”
• The role of entrepreneurial passion in the formation of students’ entrepreneurial intentions (2020, background): “…intentions; theory of planned behaviour; Iran JEL CLASSIFICATION M13; A22 I. Introduction The creation of a new business occurs during the time, and the initial step of this process would be the formation of entrepreneurial intentions (De Clercq, Honig, and Martin 2013; Lee et al. 2011).”
• A systematic literature review on entrepreneurial intentions: citation, thematic analyses, and research agenda (2015, background): “Using a different focus, De Clercq et al. (2013) study how the influence of perceived ability and attractiveness on intention is moderated by learning orientation and passion for work.”
• Perceived entrepreneurial munificence and entrepreneurial intentions: A social cognitive perspective (2016, background): “…learning orientation and passion for work, number of ventures started prior to and while enrolled in university programmes and alumni new business creation (Bae et al., 2014; Charney and Libecap, 2000; De Clercq et al., 2013; Peterman and Kennedy, 2003; Sanchez, 2013; Westhead and Solesvik, 2015).”