The Systematic Impact of Personal Characteristics on Entrepreneurial Intentions of Engineering Students

Frontiers in Psychology

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Hongyi Sun¹  Wenbin Ni²  Pei-Lee Teh³  Carol Lo⁴ 

[1] Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, City University of Hong Kong;School of Business Administration, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics;School of Business, Monash University Malaysia;Occupational Health and Safety Council of Hong Kong

关键词: personal characteristics;    entrepreneurial intention;    entrepreneurship education;    need for achievement;    risk-taking propensity;    locus of control;    creativity;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01072

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The impact of personal characteristics on entrepreneurial intention is a classic topic in the field of entrepreneurship research. Previous research mostly used simple linear models, leading to a gap in the study on the interrelationship among personal characteristics and their systematic influence on entrepreneurial intention. This study investigates the interrelationship among the four specific entrepreneurial characteristics (i.e., need for achievement, locus of control, risk-taking propensity, and creativity) and their systematic influence on the entrepreneurial intention of engineering students. The research data is from 210 engineering students via a survey. Logistic regression and path analysis were used for data analysis. The findings suggest that creativity and risk-taking directly influence entrepreneurial intention while the need for achievement and the locus of control influence it indirectly. Implications for entrepreneurship education are finally discussed.

【 授权许可】

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