Does Entrepreneurial Self-efficacy Moderate Effects of Cognitive Flexibility and Entrepreneurial Alertness on Entrepreneurial Intentions?

• Autorzy: Shabeeb Ahmad Gill , Nelly Bencheva , Selcuk Karayel , Muhammad Usman
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Objective: The objective of this article is to empirically investigate whether entrepreneurial self-efficacy moderates the effects of cognitive flexibility, entrepreneurial alertness on entrepreneurial intentions. It is based on social cognitive theory and person-environment fit theory; the present study aimed to identify the impact of cognitive flexibility, entrepreneurial alertness on entrepreneurial intention.

Research Design & Methods: The sample of this study comprised 486 respondents from the public sector business schools of Pakistan. Data were gathered using a self-report administered questionnaire, and hypotheses were tested with structural equation modelling. Findings: The results supported the structured hypotheses of the study where cognitive flexibility positively predicts the conditional direct relationship between entrepreneurial alertness and entrepreneurial intentions.

Implications & Recommendations: Our study has some practical implications for the researcher, educationist, and policymakers who are directly and indirectly involved in enhancing the growth of entrepreneurship.

Contribution & Value Added: A unique technique adopted to run a second-order moderated mediation model through AMOS v.26 in one-shot. This study contributes to the emerging research of cognitive psychology and entrepreneurship fields and concludes that individuals with a high level of cognitive flexibility, alertness, and self-efficacy are more inclined to pursue a career in entrepreneurship. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Entrepreneurship; Stimulation of entrepreneurship; Organisational flexibility

PL

Przedsiębiorczość; Pobudzanie przedsiębiorczości; Elastyczność organizacji

• Czasopismo: Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: 9
• Numer: nr 3
• Strony: 25--41

Twórcy

autor

Shabeeb Ahmad Gill

• Government College University Faisalabad

autor

Nelly Bencheva

• Agricultural University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

autor

Selcuk Karayel

• Necmettin Erbakan University

autor

Muhammad Usman

• Università degli Studi dell'Insubria

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DOI

10.15678/EBER.2021.090302