Testing Students’ Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy as an Early Predictor of Entrepreneurial Activities. Evidence From the SEAS Project

Zięba, Krzysztof; Golik, Jakub

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“…Thus, this study shows some interesting insights about the relationship between entrepreneurial self-efficacy and intention. Firstly, being similar to some previous studies (e.g., Tsai et al, 2014;Zięba & Golik, 2018), the study indicates that entrepreneurial self-efficacy is positively related to students' intention to become entrepreneurs. These results reflect that, although the research is conducted in different contexts, such as Vietnam, Uganda, and Poland, entrepreneurial self-efficacy expressed by student-beginners seems to affect their later start-up behavior in a statistically significant way (Zięba & Golik, 2018).…”

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“…Firstly, being similar to some previous studies (e.g., Tsai et al, 2014;Zięba & Golik, 2018), the study indicates that entrepreneurial self-efficacy is positively related to students' intention to become entrepreneurs. These results reflect that, although the research is conducted in different contexts, such as Vietnam, Uganda, and Poland, entrepreneurial self-efficacy expressed by student-beginners seems to affect their later start-up behavior in a statistically significant way (Zięba & Golik, 2018). Secondly, whereas almost all prior research only take into account the direct or mediating effects of entrepreneurial self-efficacy on intention, even behavior to become entrepreneurs (e.g., Davidsson & Honig, 2003;Esfandiar et al, 2017;Tsai et al, 2014;Zięba & Golik, 2018), this study reveals that entrepreneurial self-efficacy not only plays an important role in shaping entrepreneurial intention, but it also moderates the linkage between attitude towards entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial intention.…”

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“…"The environment itself creates entrepreneurship" (Bernat et al, 2016, p. 271) is why running a business requires not only a quick reaction to changes in the complex business environment, but also "it is the process of designing, launching and running a new business" (Timmons, 1990). Kirzner (1985) defines an entrepreneur as someone who is optimistic about the information gained in a way that can discover new entrepreneurial opportunities (Zięba & Golik, 2018). Talpas (2014) considers entrepreneurship to be an identifiable process, via business activities, that indicates effective leadership ability to adapt to a business environment that is characterized by risks, competitions and fluctuations, while entrepreneurs can be defined as owners with a skilful manner, that are likely to utilize limited production resources to produce new products and services, or transforming smaller resources into bigger ones effectively to make a profit (Zimmer & Scarborough, 1996).…”

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“…A high level of entrepreneurial self-efficacy is strongly related to strategic risktaking (Krueger & Dickson, 1994). Also, it is argued that self-efficacy is a key antecedent of entrepreneurial intention (Krueger, 2000) and entrepreneurial activities (Zięba & Golik, 2018). Individuals, who have high entrepreneurial self-efficacy, have more intrinsic interests in business venture actions, are more willing to make efforts and present persistence when they are faced with challenges and obstacles.…”

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The JOURNAL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND INNOVATION is an interdisciplinary, double blind-reviewed journal, emphasizing theoretical and empirical articles in entrepreneurship, management, innovation and related fields. The journal is published both in printed form and on-line at www.jemi.edu.pl. THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AREA OF THE JOURNALThe entrepreneurship area of the journal covers the three major topics: 1) venture creation and small business, 2) the impact of entrepreneurship on economic growth including local and regional development, and 3) entrepreneurial attitudes and motives. We invite original papers of theoretical and empirical nature, rooted in the disciplines of economics, management, sociology, political science, and psychology. The interdisciplinary research is encouraged to assure a comprehensive approach to the topics discussed and to advance both theory and practice. THE MANAGEMENT AREA OF THE JOURNALManagement, as a thematic scope of the journal, focuses on theoretical and empirical considerations of various areas, such as: strategic management, operation or production management, human resource management, information and management, contemporary management problems, new methods and management tools, new forms of organization and management, new threats in management, or new challenges in the organization's environment. THE INNOVATION AREA OF THE JOURNALThe innovation area of the Journal's focus will emphasize a broad range of topics and approaches, including (but not limited to): 1) role of private and public sector in development and diffusion of innovations, 2) product, process and business model innovations, 3) profiles of innovative products, structures and processes, aimed at improving management practice and providing inspiration for entrepreneurs, 4) comparative analyses of national, regional policy or sector issues, such as R&D trends, patents, citations etc., 5) theoretical work on economic, organizational and scientific aspects of innovation, encouraging the search for inspirations from various disciplines, including natural sciences, arts and humanities. THE ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCE AREA OF THE JOURNALThe entrepreneur or entrepreneurial firm, the institutions providing finance to the entrepreneurs, and the different types of financial sources used by the entrepreneurial firms or investors. Among the areas of our special interests might be enumerated: accounting and corporate finance, financial market as a background for SME development, entrepreneurial finance, regulatory and supervisory aspects related to corporate finance.

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“…Moreover, entrepreneurship is considered the major contributor to the dynamization and growth of economies [6,7]. Entrepreneurial self-efficacy, besides having a positive impact on entrepreneurial intention, is one of the most relevant factors in the intention to create a new business [8,9]. The entrepreneurial self-efficacy is the belief of an individual in his personal capacity to create a new business [10,11].…”

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Impact of Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy on the Intention to Create a New Business: A Cross-Sectional Study in Portuguese Higher Education Students

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2020

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Individuals with a higher level of self-efficacy have more entrepreneurial intention to settle on their own, creating and managing their own career. This study aimed to know the level of entrepreneurial selfefficacy of higher education students and to verify the impact of entrepreneurial self-efficacy on entrepreneurial intention or creation of new businesses. To achieve these objectives, a cross-sectional, quantitative and analytical study was carried out based on a probabilistic sample of 2107 students from a Portuguese higher education institution located in the Northern Interior of Portugal. The margin of error was 1.84%. To collect the data, a questionnaire was directly applied to the students, in the classroom in the presence of the teacher, from October 2018 to January 2019. Students' participation was voluntary and the anonymity and data confidentiality were guaranteed to all participants. The questionnaire had three sections. The first section included sociodemographic variables (gender, age and nationality) and academic variables (scientific area of the course, course degree, year attended, attendance mode and course with or without integrated internship). The second section included the entrepreneurial selfefficacy scale [1]. This scale consists of 23 items related to the individuals' ability to perform tasks, and the answers were coded by a Likert scale ranging from 1 (totally incapable) to 7 (fully capable). Finally, the third section comprised a scale consisting of four items that aimed to evaluate the entrepreneurial intention of the students [2]. The answers were coded using a Likert scale ranging from 1 (a little) to 7 (a lot). A linear regression model was estimated in order to verify if Entrepreneurial self-efficacy (X) is a predictor of Entrepreneurial intention (Y). Students were aged between 17 and 52 years old and attended a degree course within four different scientific areas, existent in the institution, namely Education (60.5%), Technologies and Management (21.2%), Agriculture (6.3%) and Health (12.0%). The majority was female (54.0%), Portuguese (82.9%) and attended a graduation degree (88.8%) in an ordinary full-time attendance mode (96.4%). The students registered a moderate level of entrepreneurial self-efficacy. In fact, it was observed that 20.4% of the students registered a high level of entrepreneurial self-efficacy; 64.5% showed a moderate level, and, the remaining 15.1% revealed a low level of entrepreneurial self-efficacy. The estimated regression model was statistically significant. It was found that Entrepreneurial self-efficacy is a predictor of Entrepreneurial intention (creation of new businesses). Moreover, the value of Adjusted R 2 shows that this predictor account for 43.9% of Entrepreneurial intention. Entrepreneurial self-efficacy contributes to the generation of ideas and the creation of new businesses with success. Therefore, higher education institutions should be able to improve students' entrepreneurial skills.

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