Department of Commerce, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, 576104, India.
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shri Madhwa Vadriraja Institute of Technology and Management, Bantakal, India, karnataka, 574115, India.
F1000Res. 2024 Jul 1;12:1585. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.140675.2. eCollection 2023.
The study investigates the influence of antecedents of the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and personality traits on entrepreneurial intention and behaviour among engineering students in an emerging economy. It employs the extension of the TPB model by focusing on the intention-behaviour gap, an under-researched area in research. Furthermore, it investigates the moderating effect of entrepreneurial motivation on the relationship between intention and behaviour to improve conceptual model predictability.
A structured questionnaire was used to gather data from 1,564 engineering students, and the data were analyzed using structural equation modelling (SEM) with Amos software.
The results revealed that subjective norms were the strongest predictor of entrepreneurial intention and behaviour, followed by entrepreneurial alertness, perceived behavioural control, attitude towards entrepreneurship, need for achievement, and risk tolerance. Moreover, the moderation analysis showed that entrepreneurial motivation was crucial in moderating the relationship between intention and behaviour.
The present conceptual model contributes to the existing TPB model by improving predictive power to understand the intention-behaviour relationship. The results of the study will assist policymakers, academicians of higher education institutions, and universities in developing policies, strategies, and curricula to engage more students in entrepreneurial activities.
本研究调查了计划行为理论（TPB）的前因变量和人格特质对新兴经济体工科学生创业意向和行为的影响。它通过关注研究中一个研究不足的领域——意向-行为差距，扩展了 TPB 模型。此外，它还调查了创业动机对意向与行为之间关系的调节作用，以提高概念模型的可预测性。
采用结构问卷，从 1564 名工科学生中收集数据，并使用 Amos 软件的结构方程模型（SEM）进行数据分析。
结果表明，主观规范是创业意向和行为的最强预测因素，其次是创业警觉性、感知行为控制、创业态度、成就需求和风险容忍度。此外，调节分析表明，创业动机在调节意向与行为之间的关系方面至关重要。
本概念模型通过提高预测能力来理解意向-行为关系，对现有 TPB 模型做出了贡献。研究结果将有助于政策制定者、高等教育机构的学者和大学制定政策、战略和课程，以吸引更多学生参与创业活动。
