Entrepreneurial Passion to Entrepreneurial Behavior: Role of Entrepreneurial Alertness, Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy and Proactive Personality

Frontiers in Psychology

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Cai Li¹  Majid Murad¹  Muhammad Aamir Shafique Khan¹  Sheikh Farhan Ashraf¹  Courage Simon Kofi Dogbe¹ 

[1] School of Management, Jiangsu University

关键词: entrepreneurial passion;    entrepreneurial alertness;    entrepreneurial self-efficacy;    proactive personality;    entrepreneurial intention;    entrepreneurial behavior;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01611

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

This study investigated the role of entrepreneurial passion in recognition of opportunity, developing entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and entrepreneurial intention, in the shaping of entrepreneurial actions in the presence of proactive personality. This study applied partial least squares structural equation modeling to test the hypotheses on a sample of 346 university students from Jiangsu province, China. The output of the study showed that entrepreneurial passion positively and significantly influenced entrepreneurial alertness, entrepreneurial self-efficacy to entrepreneurial intention, and entrepreneurial behavior. The findings also showed that a proactive personality positively and significantly moderated the relationship between entrepreneurial intention and entrepreneurial behavior.

【 授权许可】

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