Self-Efficacy in Disrupted Environments: COVID-19 as a Natural Experiment

Bergenholtz, Carsten; Klyver, Kim; Vuculescu, Oana

doi:10.1177/10422587211046548

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“…We found that the link between EA and EI has become weaker during the pandemic. Along with previous studies [17,66], such as those on entrepreneurial self-efficacy and EI [67], the results give us a deeper understanding of the crisis' influence on entrepreneurship, especially with regard to college students' EI.…”

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College Students’ Entrepreneurial Intention and Alertness in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Zhou

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Sustainability

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This research aims to explore how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected college students’ entrepreneurial intention (EI), as well as whether the well-studied link between entrepreneurial alertness (EA) and EI is involved. Data were collected from 612 respondents, and using the stepwise regression method we examined the moderating role of college students’ perceived risk of COVID-19 on the connection between EA and EI. The results show that students’ perceived risk of COVID-19 reduces their EI. Furthermore, the perceived risk of COVID-19 attenuates the relationship between EA and EI. Specifically, those who perceived a greater risk tended to show lower EI. This article contributes to a better understanding of how the relationship between EA and EI has changed during the pandemic.

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College Students’ Entrepreneurial Intention and Alertness in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Zhou

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“…The scales are arranged in the following order: the measure of entrepreneurial intention, the measure of entrepreneurial attitude, the measure of achievement motivation, and the measure of materialism. Moreover, similar to the previous studies (e.g., Bergenholtz et al, 2021 ; Tufa, 2021 ), we adopted the original number of scale points for each measure, i.e., entrepreneurial intention and entrepreneurial attitude were measured on a 7-point Likert scale, and materialism and achievement motivation were measured on a 5-point Likert scale. Using different numbers of scale points in one survey is helpful to reduce common method bias (Jordan and Troth, 2020 ).…”

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Materialism Predicts College Students' Entrepreneurial Intention: A Serial Mediation Model

Zhang

2022

Front. Psychol.

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Entrepreneurship is perceived as a critical pillar for unemployment alleviation and economic growth, especially in the era of COVID-19, which highlights the importance of the entrepreneurial potential of college students. The current research focused on the role of personal values in the entrepreneurial process and investigated the relationship between materialism and entrepreneurial intention among college students. Few studies have been examined this relationship, and the underlying mechanisms were also not identified. From the perspective of personal value, we hypothesized that materialism could positively predict entrepreneurial intention. Moreover, based on McClelland's theory of need for achievement and the theory of planned behavior, a serial mediation model, with achievement motivation and entrepreneurial attitude as the mediators, was proposed. We conducted a correlational study on a sample of 1,002 Chinese university students to examine our hypotheses. They participated in an online survey and completed the measurement of entrepreneurial intention, entrepreneurial attitude, materialism, and achievement motivation. The hypothesized models were examined through serial mediation bootstrapping procedures. The results showed that materialism positively predicted college students' entrepreneurial intention, and this relationship was serially mediated through achievement motivation and entrepreneurial attitude. Materialism boosted college students' achievement motivation, which in turn was associated with a more positive entrepreneurial attitude and subsequently stronger entrepreneurial intention. The present research is the first to empirically examine this association's mechanism and establish a serial mediation involving achievement motivation and entrepreneurial attitude. For the theoretical contribution, the present research provides a more comprehensive picture of the role of personal values in entrepreneurship by complementing the effect of materialism. And regarding the practical implications, the present research implies the silver lining of materialism and points out a possible way to enhance college students' entrepreneurial intention, i.e., entrepreneurial education could take advantage of the characteristics of materialism and transform the “harmful” value into socially beneficial entrepreneurial intentions through enhancing their achievement motivation and positive attitude toward entrepreneurship.

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“…Conversely, other scholars argued that, in disrupted times like the COVID-19 pandemic, risk and uncertainty feelings become the cornerstone of university students' SE, decreasing their entrepreneurial intention. Paradoxically, some academics stated that, in disturbing periods like the COVID-19 crisis, risk and uncertainty perceptions loweruniversity students' SE, limiting their entrepreneurial intentions (Bergenholtz et al, 2021;Loan et al, 2021). Notably, related studies have confirmed that SE is the mechanism by which prior experience with social problems leads to SEI (Hockerts, 2018;Ip et al, 2018;Sousa-Filho et al, 2020).…”

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Sociocultural factors and social entrepreneurial intention during the COVID-19 pandemic: Preliminary evidence from developing countries

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While previous studies on social entrepreneurial intention have evolved more from emotional and cognitive features, far less attention has been devoted to sociocultural factors, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Relying on planned behavior theory and entrepreneurial event model, this study investigates how the university's environment and support system affect the social entrepreneurial intention of university students, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were collected from 530 business students from Bahrain, the Maldives, and Morocco via an online questionnaire and analyzed using partial least square (PLS-SEM) methodology. The findings show that empathy and self-efficacity, which are most responsive to the university's environment and support system, significantly impact social entrepreneurial intention. However, no evidence has been found on how gender diversity impacts the university's environment and support system to raise social entrepreneurial intention. Finally, this paper highlights the relevance of considering sociocultural factors, namely the university's environment and support system, for policymakers, especially those involved in higher education, to boost students' social entrepreneurial intention, particularly in developing countries.

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Self-Efficacy in Disrupted Environments: COVID-19 as a Natural Experiment

Cited by 26 publications

References 108 publications

College Students’ Entrepreneurial Intention and Alertness in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

College Students’ Entrepreneurial Intention and Alertness in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Materialism Predicts College Students' Entrepreneurial Intention: A Serial Mediation Model

Sociocultural factors and social entrepreneurial intention during the COVID-19 pandemic: Preliminary evidence from developing countries

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