Incorporating Culture into the Theory of Planned Behavior: Predicting Smoking Cessation Intentions among College Students

2006 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 315-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hye-ryeon Lee ◽  
Amy S. Ebesu Hubbard ◽  
Cailin Kulp O'Riordan ◽  
Min-Sun Kim
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽  
Planned Behavior

Entrepreneurship Education's Impact on Entrepreneurial Intention Using the Theory of Planned Behavior: Evidence From Chinese Vocational College Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian A. Lavelle
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽  
Planned Behavior ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Least Squares Regression ◽  
Vocational College ◽  
Personal Attitude ◽  
The Impact

This study is the first to examine the impact of entrepreneurship education (EE) on entrepreneurial intention (EI) among vocational college students in China. Using the Theory of Planned Behavior and the EI Questionnaire the study investigates the relationships between EI, its antecedents and EE. The data were collected by surveying 383 vocational college students in Wuxi, Jiangsu, in the People's Republic of China. The researcher used Least-Squares Regression modeling to find significant positive relationships between personal attitude, perceived behavioral control, and EE with EI. Mediation analysis found personal attitude to partially mediate the EE–EI relationship. The results suggest EE is effective in stimulating EI in China. This study provides implications to policy-makers, vocational institutions, and scholars given the current state of China's economy, recent government policies, and the ongoing debate surrounding the EE–EI relationship.

Undergraduates' Intentions to Take a Second Language Proficiency Test: A Comparison of Predictions from the Theory of Planned Behavior and Social Cognitive Theory

2010 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
pp. 798-810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bih-Jiau Lin ◽  
Wen-Bin Chiou
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽  
Social Cognitive Theory ◽  
Planned Behavior ◽  
Proficiency Test ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
Outcome Expectancy ◽  
General English Proficiency Test

English competency has become essential for obtaining a better job or succeeding in higher education in Taiwan. Thus, passing the General English Proficiency Test is important for college students in Taiwan. The current study applied Ajzen's theory of planned behavior and the notions of outcome expectancy and self-efficacy from Bandura's social cognitive theory to investigate college students' intentions to take the General English Proficiency Test. The formal sample consisted of 425 undergraduates (217 women, 208 men; M age = 19.5 yr., SD = 1.3). The theory of planned behavior showed greater predictive ability ( R2 = 33%) of intention than the social cognitive theory ( R2 = 7%) in regression analysis and made a unique contribution to prediction of actual test-taking behavior one year later in logistic regression. Within-model analyses indicated that subjective norm in theory of planned behavior and outcome expectancy in social cognitive theory are crucial factors in predicting intention. Implications for enhancing undergraduates' intentions to take the English proficiency test are discussed.

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