TY - GEN
T1 - Entrepreneurial self-efficacy and temporal construal effects in identifying nascent technology entrepreneurs
AU - Hallam, Cory R.A.
AU - Zanella, Ginaluca
AU - Dorantes, Alberto
AU - Cardenas, Cesar
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology.
PY - 2015/9/21
Y1 - 2015/9/21
N2 - This research focuses on measuring the effect of perceived self-efficacy on entrepreneurial intent in University students as a precursor input to new tech start-ups that drive technology-based economic development. Entrepreneurial intent is defined as the voluntary conscious intentionality to create a new firm. We look at the impact of cultural context and distance in time (temporal construal) on that intent. The perceived self-efficacy refers to people's beliefs about their capabilities to control the performance of their own behavior. Temporal construal is the distance in time between the present and the point at which the subject intends to undertake entrepreneurial activity. Our study analyzes the influence of self-efficacy and temporal construal on entrepreneurial intent using the categorical variable of college major to validate our methodology. We surveyed 967 undergraduate business and engineering students from three countries (Mexico, Spain, and US) over a five-year period. Our findings show that the temporal construal has a major effect on student entrepreneurial intent. Furthermore the perceived self-efficacy correlates more strongly with short-term intent, consistent across cultural and disciplinary boundaries. It is potentially a key consideration for future studies aimed at identifying and developing nascent technology entrepreneurs within the student populations.
AB - This research focuses on measuring the effect of perceived self-efficacy on entrepreneurial intent in University students as a precursor input to new tech start-ups that drive technology-based economic development. Entrepreneurial intent is defined as the voluntary conscious intentionality to create a new firm. We look at the impact of cultural context and distance in time (temporal construal) on that intent. The perceived self-efficacy refers to people's beliefs about their capabilities to control the performance of their own behavior. Temporal construal is the distance in time between the present and the point at which the subject intends to undertake entrepreneurial activity. Our study analyzes the influence of self-efficacy and temporal construal on entrepreneurial intent using the categorical variable of college major to validate our methodology. We surveyed 967 undergraduate business and engineering students from three countries (Mexico, Spain, and US) over a five-year period. Our findings show that the temporal construal has a major effect on student entrepreneurial intent. Furthermore the perceived self-efficacy correlates more strongly with short-term intent, consistent across cultural and disciplinary boundaries. It is potentially a key consideration for future studies aimed at identifying and developing nascent technology entrepreneurs within the student populations.
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U2 - 10.1109/PICMET.2015.7273243
DO - 10.1109/PICMET.2015.7273243
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84955603845
T3 - Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology
SP - 972
EP - 977
BT - PICMET 2015 - Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology
A2 - Daim, Tugrul U.
A2 - Kozanoglu, Dilek Cetindamar
A2 - Kocaoglu, Dundar F.
A2 - Anderson, Timothy R.
A2 - Perman, Gary
A2 - Niwa, Kiyoshi
PB - Portland State University
T2 - Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology, PICMET 2015
Y2 - 2 August 2015 through 6 August 2015
ER -