Gorgievski, Marjan J., Stephan, Ute, Laguna, Mariola and Moriano, Juan Antonio (2018). Predicting entrepreneurial career intentions:values and the theory of planned behavior. Journal of Career Assessment, 26 (3), pp. 457-475.
Abstract
Integrating predictions from the theory of human values with the theory of planned behavior (TPB), our primary goal is to investigate mechanisms through which individual values are related to entrepreneurial career intentions using a sample of 823 students from four European countries. We find that openness and self-enhancement values relate positively to entrepreneurial career intentions and that these relationships are partly mediated by attitudes toward entrepreneurship, self-efficacy, and, to a lesser extent, by social norms. Values and TPB constructs partially mediated cross-country differences in entrepreneurial intentions. Spanish students showed lower entrepreneurial intentions as compared to Dutch, German, and Polish students, which could be traced back to lower self-enhancement values (power and achievement), less positive attitudes toward entrepreneurship, and differences in social norms.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072717714541 |
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Divisions: | College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Economics, Finance & Entrepreneurship |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | entrepreneurial intentions,entrepreneurship,Europe,self-efficacy,theory of human values,theory of planned behavior,values,Applied Psychology,Psychology(all),Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management |
Publication ISSN: | 1069-0727 |
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PURE Output Type: | Article |
Published Date: | 2018-08-01 |
Published Online Date: | 2017-06-16 |
Accepted Date: | 2017-02-22 |
Authors: |
Gorgievski, Marjan J.
Stephan, Ute ( ![]() Laguna, Mariola Moriano, Juan Antonio |