Frontiers in Psychology (Aug 2020)

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

  • Cai Li,
  • Majid Murad,
  • Fakhar Shahzad,
  • Muhammad Aamir Shafique Khan,
  • Sheikh Farhan Ashraf,
  • Courage Simon Kofi Dogbe

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01611
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11

Abstract

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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.

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