Moderating Role of Initiative on the Relationship Between Intrinsic Motivation, and Self-Efficacy on Entrepreneurial Intention

Frontiers in Psychology

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Francisca N. Ogba¹  Kalu T. U. Ogba²  Lawrence E. Ugwu³  Nkechi Emma-Echiegu⁵  Adaobi Eze⁶  Solomon Amaechi Agu⁶  Bernard Akonam Aneke⁶ 

[1]Department of Educational Foundations, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo

[2]Department of Psychology, University of Nigeria Nsukka

[3]Department of Psychology, Renaissance University

[4]Department of Psychology, Coal City University Ugbawka

[5]Department of Psychology and Sociological Studies, Ebonyi State University

[6]Department of Psychology, Enugu State University of Science and Technology

关键词: Initiative;    intrinsic motivation;    self-efficacy;    Entrepreneurial intention;    graduate;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2022.866869

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The growing population of new graduates and the increasing scarcity of employment opportunities have made entrepreneurship an unavoidable option for employment and self-sustenance. This study investigates the effect of the initiative in moderating the relationship between intrinsic motivation, self-efficacy, and entrepreneurship intention through the integrated framework of theory of planned behaviour, self-determination, and humanism. This study contributes insights to how these factors moderated by initiative influence entrepreneurial intention among graduating students of tertiary institutions in Nigeria. This study adopted a cross-sectional design to examine the moderating role of initiative on the relationship between intrinsic motivation, and self-efficacy on entrepreneurial intention among Nigerian graduates. A total number of 688 graduate students, including 266(38.6%) males and 422(61.4%) females with a mean age of 24.30 years (SD = 3.69), participated in the study. Participants responded to a self-report questionnaire containing Initiative, Intrinsic motivation, self-efficacy, and entrepreneurial intention scales. Results showed that all the variables correlated positively with entrepreneurial intention. Furthermore, initiative moderated the relationship between self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention (value and start-ups/operations), such that high self-efficacy with high initiative showed higher entrepreneurial intention (value). While to those with low self-efficacy and low initiative, high self-efficacy with high initiative showed higher entrepreneurial intention (start-ups/operations) compared to low self-efficacy and low initiative. The study highlighted the role of initiative in transforming young graduates' entrepreneurial intention into full-fledged entrepreneurs.

【 授权许可】

CC BY