From entrepreneurial intentions to behavior: The role of anticipated regret and proactive personality

By B. Neneh. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2019

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Abstract Entrepreneurship is generally viewed as an intentionally planned behavior. As such, the formation of entrepreneurial intentions is often considered as an important step in the process of starting a new business. However, evidence suggests that not all intentions always translate to actual behavior which can be due to several contingent factors. Thus, drawing from the regret regulation theory and the proactive personality theory, the present study proposed two forward-looking factors (i.e. anticipated regret and proactive personality) that can play a vital role in the translation of entrepreneurial intentions to actions. Using a sample of 277 respondents and two waves of survey data, this study contributes to the emerging understanding of the entrepreneurial intention-behavior nexus by showing that anticipated regret and proactive personality positively moderates the link between entrepreneurial intentions and behavior.

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

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Perceived public support and entrepreneurship attitudes: A little reciprocity can go a long way! (2020, background): “University students are considered as an appropriate target for the study due t o the increasing interest in understanding the peculiarities of students’ entrepreneurship activity (Neneh, 2019).”
Entrepreneurial behaviour: The effects of the fear and anxiety of Covid-19 and business opportunity recognition (2021, background): “Many scholars have contributed to indicating the significant linkage between intentions and actual behaviour, including business venturing (Neneh, 2019).”
Factors Affecting Green Entrepreneurship Intentions in Business University Students in COVID-19 Pandemic Times: Case of Ecuador (2021, background): “There is evidence that entrepreneurship tends to positively influence entrepreneurship development [76,79,80].”
Entrepreneurial passion and entrepreneurial intention: the role of social support and entrepreneurial self-efficacy (2020, background): “At the forefront of choosing an entrepreneurial career is the formation of EI which is known to be a good predictor of subsequent entrepreneurial behaviour (Hsu et al. 2018; Neneh 2019).”