The mediating effect of entrepreneurial self-efficacy in entrepreneurial intention – a study in Saudi Arabian context

Problems and Perspectives in Management

Syed Abdul Malik¹  Mohammad Naushad¹ 

[1] Faculty Member, College of Business Administration, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj;

关键词: entrepreneurial intention;    entrepreneurial self-efficacy;    mediating effect;    partial least square;    Saudi Arabia;    structural equation modeling;   

DOI  :  10.21511/ppm.16(1).2018.26

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The purpose of the present study is to test how do the four important psychological antecedents, namely need for achievement (nAch), propensity to risk (PtR), self-confidence (SeC), internal locus of control (IlC) are mediated by the entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) to predict the entrepreneurial intention (EI) in a traditionally oil-based Saudi economy striving for economic diversification. Hypotheses are tested by applying the partial least square (PLS) structural equation modeling (SEM) to a sample of 282 undergraduate business students (male and female) collected from a public university of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The results suggest that psychological variables and self-efficacy play a fundamental role in enhancing entrepreneurial intention (EI) of Saudi students. Personality-related variables have direct influence over EI in other context, but in Saudi context, psychological variables are necessary but not sufficient to develop entrepreneurial intention unless combined with self-efficacy. Self-efficacy has a strong mediating effect between psychological variables and entrepreneurial intentions in Saudi context.

【 授权许可】

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