A Cross-Cultural Approach to Understanding Entrepreneurial Intention

Autor/inn/en	Moriano, Juan A.; Gorgievski, Marjan; Laguna, Mariola; Stephan, Ute; Zarafshani, Kiumars
Titel	A Cross-Cultural Approach to Understanding Entrepreneurial Intention
Quelle	In: Journal of Career Development, 39 (2012) 2, S.162-185 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0894-8453
DOI	10.1177/0894845310384481
Schlagwörter	Self Efficacy; Cultural Differences; Foreign Countries; Entrepreneurship; Role; Career Choice; Intention; Cultural Influences; Correlation; Predictor Variables; Cross Cultural Studies; Behavior Standards; Social Behavior; College Students; Student Attitudes; Statistical Analysis; Germany; India; Iran; Netherlands; Poland; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Kultureller Unterschied; Ausland; Unternehmungsgeist; Rollen; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Korrelation; Prädiktor; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Statistische Analyse; Deutschland; Indien; Niederlande; Polen; Spanien
Abstract	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. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10