The contribution of self-efficacy to the relationship between personality traits and entrepreneurial intention

Abstract

Promoting farming work is crucial for sustainable economic development in Asian-Pacific rural areas. How to promote rural entrepreneurship has recently become a critical issue in agricultural education. This article reports the results of two subsequent studies. The first study confirmed the factor structures of the five-factor model of personality, the general self-efficacy scale, and the entrepreneurial intention scale. The second study tested the mediating effect of self-efficacy on the relationship between personality traits and entrepreneurial intention among agricultural students. The results indicate that entrepreneurial intention comprises two dimensions: conviction and preparation. Accordingly, the mediation model of self-efficacy is partially supported. Extraversion, openness, conscientiousness, and agreeableness reliably predict both conviction and preparation, whereas neuroticism does not. In addition to the indirect effects, both openness and negative emotion exert a direct effect on entrepreneurial intention in agricultural students.

The Sustainable Personality in Entrepreneurship: The Relationship between Big Six Personality, Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy, and Entrepreneurial Intention in the Chinese Context

“…It is consistent with previous studies that reported that Emotional Stability [23], Conscientiousness [11,24], and Extraversion [23,24,65] were positively associated with entrepreneurial intention. Individuals who score high on Emotional Stability are usually defined as calm, cool, optimistic, and less emotional.…”

“…Regarding entrepreneurial implementation intention, Emotional Stability, Conscientiousness and Extraversion were positively related to it, while Agreeableness was negatively related to it. In addition, Wang et al [11] has indicated that dimensions of Big Five personality except for Emotional Stability played a considerable impact on the conviction aspect of entrepreneurial intention. Interpersonal Relationship, the one dimension of Big Six personality, was proposed based on the Chinese context [27].…”

“…For example, Emotional Stability [11,54,56], Conscientiousness [11,50,56], Agreeableness [11,51,53], Extraversion [11,51,53], and Openness [11,52,56] were positively associated with self-efficacy respectively. These findings were based on a genetic perspective that personality traits are mostly inborn [11]. Furthermore, Wang and Cui [28] found that Interpersonal Relationship positively correlated with self-efficacy among senior high school students in China.…”

“…In earlier studies, Vesalainen and Pihkala [79] suggested that self-efficacy was positively related to entrepreneurial intention. In line with this perspective, Bandura [80] indicated that individuals who score high on self-efficacy typically believe that they have the ability to affect change, as well as control their thoughts and behaviors [11]. According to person-job fit theory, the study of Bandrua [68] replied that individuals who score high on self-efficacy may prefer to jobs such as entrepreneurship that are challenging.…”

“…Although a wide array of factors, both endogenous and exogenous to the individual [1,[5][6][7][8], can contribute to entrepreneurial intention [9] and affect one's job decision to be an entrepreneur [10], personality traits are considered particularly relevant [11]. In earlier studies, Shapero and Sokol [12] proposed the entrepreneurial event model that stated personality traits were important predictor of entrepreneurial intention.…”