The moderating role of entrepreneurship education on the antecedents of entrepreneurial intention

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• 作者：Montserrat Entrialgo ; Víctor Iglesias
• 关键词：Entrepreneurship ; Entrepreneurial intention ; Entrepreneurship education ; Subjective Norms ; Gender
• 刊名：International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：12
• 期：4
• 页码：1209-1232
• 全文大小：625 KB
• 刊物主题：Entrepreneurship; Management/Business for Professionals; Emerging Markets/Globalization;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1555-1938
• 卷排序：12

文摘

A considerable agreement exists about the importance of promoting entrepreneurship to stimulate economic development. In particular, recent research has paid considerable attention to the role of entrepreneurship education in explaining entrepreneurship intentions; also, numerous studies have found empirical evidence for subjective norms affecting the attitude toward entrepreneurial behavior and the perceived control over that behavior. However, cognitive models have not yet considered the moderating role of entrepreneurship education on these relationships. Drawing on the theory of planned behavior, we analyze how the interaction between entrepreneurship education and subjective norms shapes the perceptions and attitudes toward entrepreneurship. To this end, structural equation modeling is applied to data from a sample of 338 final-year undergraduates using multi sample analysis. Results show that entrepreneurship education has a significant moderating role, mitigating the relationship between subjective norms and perceived behavioral control, and strengthening the relationship between subjective norms and entrepreneurial attitudes. Results also have relevant implications for women’s entrepreneurship.