Moderating Role of Initiative on the Relationship Between Intrinsic Motivation, and Self-Efficacy on Entrepreneurial Intention
The growing population of new graduates and the increasing scarcity of employment opportunities have made entrepreneurship an unavoidable option for employment and self-sustenance. This study investigates the effect of the initiative in moderating the relationship between intrinsic motivation, self-...
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| author | Francisca N. Ogba Kalu T. U. Ogba Lawrence E. Ugwu Lawrence E. Ugwu Nkechi Emma-Echiegu Adaobi Eze Solomon Amaechi Agu Bernard Akonam Aneke |
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| description | The growing population of new graduates and the increasing scarcity of employment opportunities have made entrepreneurship an unavoidable option for employment and self-sustenance. This study investigates the effect of the initiative in moderating the relationship between intrinsic motivation, self-efficacy, and entrepreneurship intention through the integrated framework of theory of planned behaviour, self-determination, and humanism. This study contributes insights to how these factors moderated by initiative influence entrepreneurial intention among graduating students of tertiary institutions in Nigeria. This study adopted a cross-sectional design to examine the moderating role of initiative on the relationship between intrinsic motivation, and self-efficacy on entrepreneurial intention among Nigerian graduates. A total number of 688 graduate students, including 266 (38.6%) males and 422 (61.4%) females with a mean age of 24.30 years (SD = 3.69), participated in the study. Participants responded to a self-report questionnaire containing Initiative, Intrinsic motivation, self-efficacy, and entrepreneurial intention scales. Results showed that all the variables correlated positively with entrepreneurial intention. Furthermore, initiative moderated the relationship between self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention [value and start-ups/operations (OPS)], such that high self-efficacy with high initiative showed higher entrepreneurial intention (value). While to those with low self-efficacy and low initiative, high self-efficacy with high initiative showed higher entrepreneurial intention (OPS) compared to low self-efficacy and low initiative. The study highlighted the role of initiative in transforming young graduates’ entrepreneurial intention into full-fledged entrepreneurs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4944e9b2c4b04ea6a871afa2907720d32022-12-22T04:13:09ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-10-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.866869866869Moderating Role of Initiative on the Relationship Between Intrinsic Motivation, and Self-Efficacy on Entrepreneurial IntentionFrancisca N. Ogba0Kalu T. U. Ogba1Lawrence E. Ugwu2Lawrence E. Ugwu3Nkechi Emma-Echiegu4Adaobi Eze5Solomon Amaechi Agu6Bernard Akonam Aneke7Department of Educational Foundations, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo, Abakaliki, NigeriaDepartment of Psychology, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nsukka, NigeriaDepartment of Psychology, Renaissance University, Enugu, NigeriaDepartment of Psychology, Coal City University Ugbawka, Enugu, NigeriaDepartment of Psychology and Sociological Studies, Ebonyi State University, Ebonyi, NigeriaDepartment of Psychology, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu, NigeriaDepartment of Psychology, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu, NigeriaDepartment of Psychology, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu, NigeriaThe growing population of new graduates and the increasing scarcity of employment opportunities have made entrepreneurship an unavoidable option for employment and self-sustenance. This study investigates the effect of the initiative in moderating the relationship between intrinsic motivation, self-efficacy, and entrepreneurship intention through the integrated framework of theory of planned behaviour, self-determination, and humanism. This study contributes insights to how these factors moderated by initiative influence entrepreneurial intention among graduating students of tertiary institutions in Nigeria. This study adopted a cross-sectional design to examine the moderating role of initiative on the relationship between intrinsic motivation, and self-efficacy on entrepreneurial intention among Nigerian graduates. A total number of 688 graduate students, including 266 (38.6%) males and 422 (61.4%) females with a mean age of 24.30 years (SD = 3.69), participated in the study. Participants responded to a self-report questionnaire containing Initiative, Intrinsic motivation, self-efficacy, and entrepreneurial intention scales. Results showed that all the variables correlated positively with entrepreneurial intention. Furthermore, initiative moderated the relationship between self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention [value and start-ups/operations (OPS)], such that high self-efficacy with high initiative showed higher entrepreneurial intention (value). While to those with low self-efficacy and low initiative, high self-efficacy with high initiative showed higher entrepreneurial intention (OPS) compared to low self-efficacy and low initiative. The study highlighted the role of initiative in transforming young graduates’ entrepreneurial intention into full-fledged entrepreneurs.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.866869/fullinitiativeintrinsic motivationself-efficacyentrepreneurial intentiongraduate |
| spellingShingle | Francisca N. Ogba Kalu T. U. Ogba Lawrence E. Ugwu Lawrence E. Ugwu Nkechi Emma-Echiegu Adaobi Eze Solomon Amaechi Agu Bernard Akonam Aneke Moderating Role of Initiative on the Relationship Between Intrinsic Motivation, and Self-Efficacy on Entrepreneurial Intention Frontiers in Psychology initiative intrinsic motivation self-efficacy entrepreneurial intention graduate |
| title | Moderating Role of Initiative on the Relationship Between Intrinsic Motivation, and Self-Efficacy on Entrepreneurial Intention |
| title_full | Moderating Role of Initiative on the Relationship Between Intrinsic Motivation, and Self-Efficacy on Entrepreneurial Intention |
| title_fullStr | Moderating Role of Initiative on the Relationship Between Intrinsic Motivation, and Self-Efficacy on Entrepreneurial Intention |
| title_full_unstemmed | Moderating Role of Initiative on the Relationship Between Intrinsic Motivation, and Self-Efficacy on Entrepreneurial Intention |
| title_short | Moderating Role of Initiative on the Relationship Between Intrinsic Motivation, and Self-Efficacy on Entrepreneurial Intention |
| title_sort | moderating role of initiative on the relationship between intrinsic motivation and self efficacy on entrepreneurial intention |
| topic | initiative intrinsic motivation self-efficacy entrepreneurial intention graduate |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.866869/full |
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