Positive Psychological Attributes and Entrepreneurial Intention and Action: The Moderating Role of Perceived Family Support

Frontiers in Psychology

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Martin Mabunda Baluku¹  Julius Fred Kikooma¹  Kathleen Otto²  Cornelius J. König³  Nida ul Habib Bajwa³ 

[1] Department of Educational, School of Psychology, Makerere University;Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Philipps-University Marburg;Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Human and Business Sciences, Saarland University

关键词: proactive personality;    psychological capital;    entrepreneurial intention;    implementation intention;    perceived family support;    entrepreneurial action;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.546745

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Recent research illustrates substantial gaps between entrepreneurial intentions and behavior. This is a challenge for entrepreneurship promotion interventions that have primarily focused on stimulating entrepreneurial intentions. However, extant literature suggests that implementation intentions enhance the likelihood of acting congruently to the behavioral intention. Furthermore, theory also suggests the condition effects of situations and the perceived control over them. We therefore hypothesized that implementation intentions mediate the relationship between entrepreneurial intention and action, while perceived family support moderates the movement from implementation intention to entrepreneurial action. Using two-wave survey data from a sample of students at an African university, we measured two psychological attributes (proactive personality and psychological capital) as important precursors of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial intentions present before undertaking an innovations and entrepreneurship course. Implementation intentions regarding entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial actions, and perceived parental support for entrepreneurial activities were also measured 2 weeks after completion of the course. Our results demonstrate support for the proposed moderated double mediation model in which the effects of the two psychological attributes on entrepreneurial actions are explained via entrepreneurial intentions and implementation intentions. We further find moderation effects of perceived family support indicating that implementation intentions more likely predicted entrepreneurial actions in cases of higher family support.

【 授权许可】

CC BY