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Entrepreneurial Potential and Gender Effects: The Role of Personality Traits in University Students’ Entrepreneurial Intentions
Autor(es)
Materia
Entrepreneurship
Potential
Spain
University
Gender
Fecha de publicación
2019
Citación
Ward A, Hernández-Sánchez BR and Sánchez-García JC (2019) Entrepreneurial Potential and Gender Effects: The Role of Personality Traits in University Students’ Entrepreneurial Intentions. Front. Psychol. 10:2700. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02700
Resumen
The percentage of female entrepreneurs is far below the level of males, although
it has increased over the past several years. Based on the theory of planned
behavior, the purpose of this article is to specify a model in which the relationship
among entrepreneurial potential, gender and entrepreneurial intention are explored, by
analyzing how perceived behavioral control (PBC) and perceived entrepreneurial skills,
as exogenous variables, affect expression of intention for business, and how these
are mediated by their entrepreneurial motivations and risk taking propensity. Control
variables where also included in this model, such as necessity-driven motives for
business, in order to observe whether these are an influential factor. An implementation
of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to analyze data collected from 677
students. Variables within the model were compared by gender using t-Test, and all
multivariate analysis were done by each one separately as well in order to better gauge
their perceptions. Results showed that mean differences between males and females
are not abundant, and come only from intentions, PBC and subjective norm, which
are higher in males; and motives for business higher in females. Multivariate analysis
shows gender differences at the mediation level and that necessity-driven motives are an
influencing factor, more so in males, and it hampers the significance of subjective norm.
Finally, the theoretical and practical implications of the results within the framework of
entrepreneurship in Spain and future alternatives to improve the entrepreneurial potential
are discussed.
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DOI
10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02700
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