Abstract
Integrating predictions from the theory of human values with the theory of planned behavior (TPB), our primary goal is to investigate mechanisms through which individual values are related to entrepreneurial career intentions using a sample of 823 students from four European countries. We find that openness and self-enhancement values relate positively to entrepreneurial career intentions and that these relationships are partly mediated by attitudes toward entrepreneurship, self-efficacy, and, to a lesser extent, by social norms. Values and TPB constructs partially mediated cross-country differences in entrepreneurial intentions. Spanish students showed lower entrepreneurial intentions as compared to Dutch, German, and Polish students, which could be traced back to lower self-enhancement values (power and achievement), less positive attitudes toward entrepreneurship, and differences in social norms.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 457-475 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Journal of Career Assessment |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 16 Jun 2017 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2018 |
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- entrepreneurial intentions
- entrepreneurship
- Europe
- self-efficacy
- theory of human values
- theory of planned behavior
- values