School of Management, Wuhan University of Technology, 122 Luoshi Road, Hongshan District, Wuhan 430070, China.
School of Innovation Sciences, University of Technology Eindhoven, 5612AZ Eindhoven, 8410 Atlas, The Netherlands.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jan 26;18(3):1070. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18031070.
Global challenges posed by climate change and environmental deterioration are increasingly driving entrepreneurship with sustainable entrepreneurial intention as a key driver in predicting entrepreneurial activities. Together with experience, the environmental values of an entrepreneur are vital for sustainable entrepreneurial intention. However, the extent to which experience is a key factor to start up a sustainable enterprise is still rather unclear. To study the role of experience, we derive from the theory of planned behaviour three factors (personal attitude, social norm and self-efficacy) to examine their impact on environmental values and sustainable entrepreneurial intention. Based on a meta-analysis, the overall directions and effect intensity of the different factors in this relationship can be investigated. We develop a structural equation model to explore the mechanism behind the interaction between the different variables. We utilize information from 37 scientific articles using 40 empirical samples, 117 effect sizes and 192,015 observations. We found that environmental values are indeed positively related to a sustainable entrepreneurial intention. Furthermore, the relationship between environmental values and sustainable entrepreneurial intention is moderated by experience, as well as personal attitude, social norms and self-efficacy. In addition, environmental values are more positively related to the intention to set up a sustainable venture for entrepreneurs with low-experience compared to those entrepreneurs with high-experience. For policy makers and managers, it becomes important to stimulate environmental values to promote sustainable entrepreneurial intentions in order to stimulate the growth of sustainable enterprises. By enhancing these three factors, sustainable entrepreneurial behaviour can be facilitated by increasing entrepreneurs' sustainable intention.
气候变化和环境恶化带来的全球挑战日益推动创业活动，而可持续创业意向是预测创业活动的关键驱动因素。与经验一起，企业家的环境价值观对于可持续创业意向至关重要。然而，经验在多大程度上是启动可持续企业的关键因素仍不清楚。为了研究经验的作用，我们从计划行为理论中推导出三个因素（个人态度、社会规范和自我效能），以检验它们对环境价值观和可持续创业意向的影响。基于元分析，可以研究这种关系中不同因素的总体方向和效应强度。我们开发了一个结构方程模型来探索不同变量之间相互作用的机制。我们利用来自 37 篇科学文章的信息，使用了 40 个实证样本、117 个效应量和 192015 个观测值。我们发现，环境价值观确实与可持续创业意向呈正相关。此外，经验以及个人态度、社会规范和自我效能调节了环境价值观与可持续创业意向之间的关系。此外，与经验丰富的企业家相比，低经验的企业家的环境价值观与设立可持续企业的意图之间的关系更为积极。对于政策制定者和管理者来说，重要的是要激发环境价值观，以促进可持续创业意向，从而刺激可持续企业的增长。通过增强这三个因素，可以通过提高企业家的可持续意愿来促进可持续创业行为。
