Dong Xuyang, Fang Nan, Ye Long
College of International Studies, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, 314001, China.
School of Foreign Studies, Shaoguan University, Shaoguan, 512005, China.
BMC Psychol. 2024 Dec 27;12(1):787. doi: 10.1186/s40359-024-02149-y.
Taking foreign language majors with experience in innovation and entrepreneurship training program (IETP) as samples, this study investigates the influence of disciplinary expertise on entrepreneurial intention. Based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB), a model was designed to examine the relationships among entrepreneurial intentions, perceived behavioral control, attitude toward entrepreneurship, subjective norms, IETP experience, foreign language self-efficacy and cultural intelligence. The data were collected through questionnaires and Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was adopted to test the hypotheses. The results show that: (1) perceived behavioral control and attitude toward entrepreneurship are sound predictors of entrepreneurial intentions but the influence of subjective norms on entrepreneurial intentions is insignificant; (2) IETP experience is directly related with perceived behavioral control and indirectly related with entrepreneurial intentions; (3) indicators of participants' disciplinary expertise such as foreign language self-efficacy and cultural intelligence are directly related with IETP experience and indirectly related with entrepreneurial intentions. These six variables included in the research model account for 53.4% of the variance of entrepreneurial intentions.
本研究以参加过创新创业培训项目（IETP）的外语专业学生为样本，调查学科专业知识对创业意向的影响。基于计划行为理论（TPB），设计了一个模型来检验创业意向、感知行为控制、创业态度、主观规范、IETP经历、外语自我效能感和文化智力之间的关系。通过问卷调查收集数据，并采用偏最小二乘结构方程模型（PLS-SEM）对假设进行检验。结果表明：（1）感知行为控制和创业态度是创业意向的良好预测指标，但主观规范对创业意向的影响不显著；（2）IETP经历与感知行为控制直接相关，与创业意向间接相关；（3）参与者的学科专业知识指标，如外语自我效能感和文化智力，与IETP经历直接相关，与创业意向间接相关。研究模型中的这六个变量解释了创业意向方差的53.4%。
