Entrepreneurial Passion to Entrepreneurial Behavior: Role of Entrepreneurial Alertness, Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy and Proactive Personality

This study investigated the role of entrepreneurial passion in recognition of opportunity, developing entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and entrepreneurial intention, in the shaping of entrepreneurial actions in the presence of proactive personality. This study applied partial least squares structural...

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Published in:	Frontiers in psychology 2020-08, Vol.11, p.1611-1611
Main Authors:	Li, Cai, Murad, Majid, Shahzad, Fakhar, Khan, Muhammad Aamir Shafique, Ashraf, Sheikh Farhan, Dogbe, Courage Simon Kofi
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	entrepreneurial alertness entrepreneurial behavior entrepreneurial intention entrepreneurial passion entrepreneurial self-efficacy proactive personality Psychology
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Summary:	This study investigated the role of entrepreneurial passion in recognition of opportunity, developing entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and entrepreneurial intention, in the shaping of entrepreneurial actions in the presence of proactive personality. This study applied partial least squares structural equation modeling to test the hypotheses on a sample of 346 university students from Jiangsu province, China. The output of the study showed that entrepreneurial passion positively and significantly influenced entrepreneurial alertness, entrepreneurial self-efficacy to entrepreneurial intention, and entrepreneurial behavior. The findings also showed that a proactive personality positively and significantly moderated the relationship between entrepreneurial intention and entrepreneurial behavior.
ISSN:	1664-1078 1664-1078