Re-exploring entrepreneurial intentions and personality attributes during a pandemic
Journal of International Education in Business
ISSN: 2046-469X
Article publication date: 30 November 2021
Issue publication date: 23 September 2022
Abstract
Purpose
Using the theory of planned behavior as a theoretical base, this study aims to examine the effect of the personality attributes, risk-taking, creativity and locus of control on the entrepreneurial intentions of US business college students. The authors replicated previous studies from around the world but performed the research during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors surveyed 353 students, comparing those with entrepreneurial intentions (n = 213) versus those without entrepreneurial intentions (n = 140).
Findings
The authors found that risk-taking and creativity both significantly and positively predicted entrepreneurial intentions, but locus of control did not have a significant impact.
Practical implications
Contextually, the authors performed this study during the widespread complications of the Covid-19 pandemic. The authors advise business educators to initiate programs that encourage student entrepreneurship by nurturing creativity and offering educational resources that assist students in reducing the perceived risk of entrepreneurship.
Originality/value
The authors seek to increase awareness among business educators of the significance of entrepreneurship as a desirable career. The authors believe that one impact from the Covid-19 pandemic has been an expanded interest among students to start their own businesses. The authors propose that creative measures introduced into the business school curriculum by business educators will enhance students’ desire to take risks to create their own businesses.
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Citation
Cater, J.J., Young, M., Al-Shammari, M. and James, K. (2022), "Re-exploring entrepreneurial intentions and personality attributes during a pandemic", Journal of International Education in Business, Vol. 15 No. 2, pp. 311-330. https://doi.org/10.1108/JIEB-04-2021-0050
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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