AN ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF GENDER AND SELF-EFFICACY IN DEVELOPING FEMALE ENTREPRENEURIAL INTEREST AND BEHAVIOR

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (02) ◽  
pp. 105-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
FIONA WILSON ◽  
JILL KICKUL ◽  
DEBORAH MARLINO ◽  
SAULO D. BARBOSA ◽  
MARK D. GRIFFITHS
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
New Venture ◽  
Future Research ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mba Students ◽  
And Behavior

To capture the talents of the next generations in new venture creation and to maintain the levels of entrepreneurship in our society, a vibrant "pipeline" of potential entrepreneurs is required. Previous research has shown this pipeline may still be weak, especially for women entrepreneurs. This paper explores the relationships between gender, entrepreneurial education, and entrepreneurial self-efficacy on entrepreneurial intentions and behaviors using the data from different sample groups in three different stages of education and career development: middle and high school students, MBA students, and early career adults. The results of our analyses underscore the importance of entrepreneurial self-efficacy as a key component in understanding entrepreneurship interest and actual career choice. The positive influence of entrepreneurship education on self-efficacy proved stronger for women than for men. Implications for entrepreneurship educators as well as study limitations and areas for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals Oh the places you could go : the perceived impact of early career exposure

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Stacy Jean Hagston
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Outcome Expectations ◽  
Early Career ◽  
School Students ◽  
College And Career ◽  
Efficacy Outcome ◽  
Perceived Impact

This study explored the perceived impact of a college and career readiness program, Missouri Connections, on decisions made during high school. The research questions were as follows: 1. What perceived impact, if any, has the Missouri Connections program had on the self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and goals of current high school students? 2. What perceived impact, if any, did the Missouri Connections program have on planning, exploring, and deciding on a career of current high school students who went through the program? Thirty-five high school seniors took part in this study, which utilized a survey consisting of both open and Likert type questions. The researcher analyzed the data using open coding and frequencies. The study's findings revealed that, overall, the program had little to no impact on self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and goals. The findings also indicated little to no impact on planning, exploring, and deciding when it came to college and career plans. The findings indicated that changes should be considered to the current career development program.

Institutional Environment, Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy and Entrepreneurial Intention of Company Employees

1970 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Devi Angrahini Anni Lembana ◽  
Yu Yu Chang ◽  
Wen Ke Liang
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
New Venture ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
Extrinsic Factors ◽  
Intrinsic Factors

From the intentionality-based view, individuals' actual behaviors to initiate a new venture is driven by their entrepreneurial intentions. Company employees have accumulated professionalism and practical experience, which both enable them to discover some unmet market demand and industrial gaps. However, in establishing a new business, not everyone with certain knowledge or expertise has the desire to become an entrepreneur. Prior research has shown that entrepreneurial intentions are under the profound influences of intrinsic factors and extrinsic factors. On the one hand, entrepreneurial self-efficacy is one of the key psychological states that makes someone dare to initiate entrepreneurial activities. Institutional environment, on the other hand, can either enhance and hinder an individuals' entrepreneurial motivation by offering incentives or causing barriers. Little work has been done to understand how the institutional environment and entrepreneurial self-efficacy jointly affect company employees' intention to quit their job and start an enterprising career. By using hierarchical regression on a sample of 325 Indonesian company employees, this paper shows that the entrepreneurial cognition and entrepreneurial self-efficacy are positively related to employees' entrepreneurial intentions. Also, entrepreneurial self-efficacy strengthens the effect of normative Approval on entrepreneurial intention, whereas the regulatory Support from Government is detrimental to company employees' intention to start a new venture regardless the entrepreneurial self-efficacy is high or low.

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