Entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intentions: Do entrepreneurial self-efficacy, alertness and opportunity recognition matter?

Otache, Innocent; Edopkolor, James Edomwonyi; Sani, Idris Ahmed; Umar, Kadiri

doi:10.1016/j.ijme.2023.100917

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“…For example, Rosique-Blasco et al [137] and Villanueva-Flores et al [138] discovered that perceived behavioral control (perception of business opportunities) and subjective norms mediate the relationship between psychological capital and entrepreneurial intention. On the other hand, studies by Ouni and Boujelbene [19] and Otache et al [139] showed that self-efficacy and alertness are included in the capabilities that an individual develops to detect business opportunities, and that, in turn, they are variables that mediate the relationships among attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived control with business intentions.…”

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Personal and Psychological Traits of University-Going Women That Affect Opportunities and Entrepreneurial Intentions

Valdez-Juárez,

Ramos-Escobar,

Ruiz-Zamora

et al. 2024

Behavioral Sciences

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The purpose of this research is to analyze how personality traits and psychological profiles influence the detection of entrepreneurial opportunities by, and the intentions of, university-going women in the northwest region of Mexico. It also examines how business opportunities are decisive when it comes to awakening entrepreneurial intention. The moderating and mediating effects of the detection of business opportunities and the psychological profile are also examined with respect to the direct relationship between personal traits and entrepreneurial intentions. For this study, information was collected from 1197 students attending the Autonomous University of Baja California and the Technological Institute of Sonora through a digital survey (Google Forms) distributed via email during the second half of 2022. The PLS-SEM statistical technique was used to test the hypotheses of the proposed theoretical model. The results revealed that personality traits have positive and significant effects on the psychological profile and on business opportunities. However, it was clearly observed that one’s personal traits and psychological profile have little or no influence on entrepreneurial intentions. We also found that the psychological profile is the construct that most influences business opportunities. In addition, it was also highlighted that business opportunities contribute to awakening the entrepreneurial intentions of university-going women. On the other hand, it was revealed that business opportunities have a negative moderating effect on the relationship between the psychological profile and entrepreneurial intentions. Likewise, this study has shown that the detection of business opportunities and the psychological profile have indirect effects on the relationship between the personal traits and the entrepreneurial intentions of university-going women. This research contributes to the development and strengthening of trait theory, the theory of reasoned action, and the theory of planned behavior.

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Section: Mediation Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Personal and Psychological Traits of University-Going Women That Affect Opportunities and Entrepreneurial Intentions

Valdez-Juárez,

Ramos-Escobar,

Ruiz-Zamora

et al. 2024

Behavioral Sciences

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Entrepreneurship education and business and science students’ green entrepreneurial intentions: The role of green entrepreneurial self-efficacy and environmental awareness

Mambali,

Kapipi,

Changalima

2024

The International Journal of Management Education

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Attraction, passion and confidence: the paths to undergraduates’ entrepreneurial intentions

Marques,

Sousa

et al. 2024

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Purpose This study aims to assess how undergraduates’ exposure to entrepreneurship education (EE) may increase their volitional desire and behavioral control to start-up a business. Design/methodology/approach The model establishes three different paths from EE to entrepreneurial intention (EI): attraction and passion through desire and confidence through control. These paths are assessed by partial least-squares structural equation modeling in a sample of 650 undergraduates from Poland, Turkey and Portugal. Findings The most effective way by which EE may increase EI is by promoting a favorable change in the attractiveness of the entrepreneurship career. Contrary to expectations based on the literature, the effects of EE on perceived behavioral control are weak and limited to aspects related to financial control. Practical implications EE programs should consider desire and control in different phases of training, with the following learning outcomes: explore prospective rewards of an attractive entrepreneurial career, develop self-efficacy regarding management competences and gain control by assuring skills to cope with failure. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to establish a path from EE to EI through passion and desire. It is also the first to consider entrepreneurial passion as a positive anticipated emotion in the model of goal-directed behavior. The results allow to relate the different paths with different learning outcomes of EE programs.

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Entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intentions: Do entrepreneurial self-efficacy, alertness and opportunity recognition matter?

Cited by 5 publications

References 35 publications

Personal and Psychological Traits of University-Going Women That Affect Opportunities and Entrepreneurial Intentions

Personal and Psychological Traits of University-Going Women That Affect Opportunities and Entrepreneurial Intentions

Entrepreneurship education and business and science students’ green entrepreneurial intentions: The role of green entrepreneurial self-efficacy and environmental awareness

Attraction, passion and confidence: the paths to undergraduates’ entrepreneurial intentions

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