Minority status and self-employment among women: the mediating role of adaptive behaviour and networks

This study aims to explore effective ways to improve college students’ entrepreneurial self-efficacy and intentions through entrepreneurship education. The survey used a random sample of 804 college students in Zhejiang Province, China. The results show that: (1) In terms of the characteristics of entrepreneurial intention, there are significant differences in gender, entrepreneurial experience, entrepreneurial competition experience, and family background of self-employment. (2) There are significant differences in the characteristics of entrepreneurship education in gender, entrepreneurial competition experience, and the family background of self-employment. (3) In the relationship among entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and entrepreneurial intention, entrepreneurship education is significantly and positively related to entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention. Entrepreneurial self-efficacy is significantly and positively associated with entrepreneurial intention. Entrepreneurial self-efficacy plays a complete mediating role between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intention. Entrepreneurial self-efficacy also has a suppressing effect on the relationship between the two. (4) Entrepreneurial competition experience moderates the second half of the mediating effect of entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Finally, the study offers several proposals for the teaching practice of entrepreneurship education.

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Moving beyond the direct impact of using CRM systems on frontline employees' service performance: The mediating role of adaptive behaviour

Information Systems Journal ◽

10.1111/isj.12265 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 458-491 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Renee Rui Chen ◽

Carol Xiaojuan Ou ◽

Wei Wang ◽

Zhuo Peng ◽

Robert M. Davison

Keyword(s):

Service Performance ◽

Adaptive Behaviour ◽

Direct Impact ◽

Frontline Employees ◽

Mediating Role

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Self-employment and work-related stress: The mediating role of job control and job demand

Journal of Business Venturing ◽

10.1016/j.jbusvent.2016.10.007 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 32 (2) ◽

pp. 178-196 ◽

Cited By ~ 61

Author(s):

Jolanda Hessels ◽

Cornelius A. Rietveld ◽

Peter van der Zwan

Keyword(s):

Job Control ◽

Work Related Stress ◽

Work Related ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Job Demand ◽

Self Employment ◽

Related Stress

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Entrepreneurial motivations and intentions: investigating the role of education major

Education + Training ◽

10.1108/00400911311309314 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 55 (3) ◽

pp. 253-271 ◽

Cited By ~ 68

Author(s):

Marina Z. Solesvik

Keyword(s):

Engineering Students ◽

Subjective Norms ◽

Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽

Content Type ◽

Entrepreneurial Motivation ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Self Employment ◽

Enterprise Education ◽

The Difference

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore the difference in entrepreneurial intentions, perceived entrepreneurial motivation, and cognitive profiles (attitudes towards entrepreneurship, perceived behaviour control, and subjective norms) between individuals who have participated in enterprise education programmes in the universities and those who have not. The paper also investigates the mediating role of attitudes towards entrepreneurship, perceived behaviour control, and subjective norms related to entrepreneurial motivation and the forming of entrepreneurial intentions.Design/methodology/approachSurvey information from 321 students from three universities in the Ukraine was hand collected. Hierarchical multiple regressions were used to test hypotheses.FindingsIndividuals who participate in enterprise programmes tend to have higher entrepreneurial motivation and are more likely to become entrepreneurs. Empirical evidence shows that attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behaviour control mediate the relationship between perceived entrepreneurial motivation and entrepreneurial intentions.Research limitations/implicationsThe study is based on data collected from three universities in one city. The implications for education managers related to the inclusion of enterprise courses into the study plans of engineering students are also discussed here.Practical implicationsThe findings have implications for the stimulation of student enterprise in transitional economies where attitudinal and resource (i.e. skill, competence and knowledge) deficiencies can retard enterprise. Entrepreneurial motivation is an important link between an intention and action. Enterprise education programs which stimulate entrepreneurial motivation should be offered to engineering students since many of them start ventures later. Engagement into enterprise development programs of engineering students might evoke earlier interest in self‐employment career path among young people.Originality/valueThe article contributes to the field of entrepreneurial motivation and intentions. The study extends insights from the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) (i.e. subjective norms, attitudes toward this behaviour, and perceived behavioural control) by also considering the perceived entrepreneurial motivation profiles of students.

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Dispositional Positive and Negative Affect and Self-Employment Transitions: The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice ◽

10.1177/1042258718818357 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 44 (3) ◽

pp. 451-474 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Boris Nikolaev ◽

Nadav Shir ◽

Johan Wiklund

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Negative Affect ◽

Methodological Approach ◽

Positive And Negative Affect ◽

Mediation Model ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Employment Transitions ◽

Self Employment ◽

Large Panel

Affect is increasingly studied within entrepreneurship. We develop a partial mediation model in which positive and negative dispositional affect influences entry into entrepreneurship, suggesting that those experiencing greater negative affect experience less job satisfaction and are more likely to enter entrepreneurship. Using a novel methodological approach to capture affective disposition, we test our model on a large panel dataset from Australia, finding support for our hypotheses. These findings provide a much-needed counterbalance to the prevailing focus in entrepreneurship on the positive consequences of positive affect and introduce affect into the study of the fundamental question of why some people but not others become entrepreneurs in the first place.

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The More You Say, the Less They Hear

Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications ◽

10.1027/1864-1105/a000135 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 159-169 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Elsbeth D. Asbeek Brusse ◽

Marieke L. Fransen ◽

Edith G. Smit

Keyword(s):

Hearing Protection ◽

Entertainment Education ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Attitude Measures ◽

Underlying Mechanisms

Abstract. This study examined the effects of disclosure messages in entertainment-education (E-E) on attitudes toward hearing protection and attitude toward the source. In addition, the (mediating) role of the underlying mechanisms (i.e., transportation, identification, and counterarguing) was studied. In an experiment (N = 336), three different disclosure messages were compared with a no-disclosure condition. The results show that more explicit disclosure messages negatively affect transportation and identification and stimulate the generation of counterarguments. In addition, the more explicit disclosure messages affect both attitude measures via two of these processes (i.e., transportation and counterarguing). Less explicit disclosure messages do not have this effect. Implications of the findings are discussed.

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Coping Humor as a Mediator Between Emotional Intelligence and Job Satisfaction

Journal of Personnel Psychology ◽

10.1027/1866-5888/a000185 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. 155-159 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Peizhen Sun ◽

Jennifer J. Chen ◽

Hongyan Jiang

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Future Research ◽

Satisfaction Scale ◽

Primary School Teachers ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Regulation Of Emotion ◽

The Relationship ◽

Overall Job Satisfaction

Abstract. This study investigated the mediating role of coping humor in the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and job satisfaction. Participants were 398 primary school teachers in China, who completed the Wong Law Emotional Intelligence Scale, Coping Humor Scale, and Overall Job Satisfaction Scale. Results showed that coping humor was a significant mediator between EI and job satisfaction. A further examination revealed, however, that coping humor only mediated two sub-dimensions of EI (use of emotion and regulation of emotion) and job satisfaction. Implications for future research and limitations of the study are discussed.

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