A cross-cultural approach to understanding entrepreneurial intention

The current research aims to shed light on the role of culture in the formation of career intentions. It draws on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB; Ajzen), which has been widely employed to predict intentions, including entrepreneurial career intentions, but past research has almost exclusively b...

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Published in:Journal of Career Development 2012-04, Vol.39 (2), p.162-185
Main Authors: Moriano, Juan A, Gorgievski, Marjan, Laguna, Mariola, Stephan, Ute, Zarafshani, Kiumars
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior Standards
Career Choice
College Students
Correlation
Cross Cultural Studies
Cultural Differences
Cultural Influences
Deutschland
Entrepreneurship
Foreign Countries
Germany
India
Indien
Intention
Iran
Karriereplanung
Kulturelle Identität
Netherlands
Niederlande
Planung
Poland
Polen
Predictor Variables
Role
Self Efficacy
Social Behavior
Spain
Spanien
Statistical Analysis
Student
Student Attitudes
Theorie
Unternehmensgründung
Vergleich
Verhalten
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Summary:The current research aims to shed light on the role of culture in the formation of career intentions. It draws on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB; Ajzen), which has been widely employed to predict intentions, including entrepreneurial career intentions, but past research has almost exclusively been conducted in “Western” countries. The current research specifically explores the extent to which both the strength of relationships of TPB predictors with entrepreneurial career intentions and the TPB predictors themselves are invariant across cultures. The study compares six very different countries (Germany, India, Iran, Poland, Spain, and the Netherlands), drawing on an overall sample of 1,074 students and their assessments of entrepreneurial career intentions. Results support culture universal effects of attitudes and perceived behavioral control (self-efficacy) on entrepreneurial career intentions but cultural variation in the effects of subjective norm.
ISSN:1573-3548
1556-0856
0894-8453
1556-0856
DOI:10.1177/0894845310384481