The association between emotional intelligence and entrepreneurship as a career choice: A study on university students in South Africa
Orientation: To examine the effects of emotional intelligence on the development of entrepreneurial intentions of university students. Research purpose: To determine whether emotional intelligence is a crucial antecedent of entrepreneurial intention to encourage entrepreneurial behaviour. Motivati...
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| author | Michelle Kanonuhwa Ellen C. Rungani Tendai Chimucheka |
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| description | Orientation: To examine the effects of emotional intelligence on the development of entrepreneurial intentions of university students.
Research purpose: To determine whether emotional intelligence is a crucial antecedent of entrepreneurial intention to encourage entrepreneurial behaviour.
Motivation of the study: By identifying all the factors that encourage entrepreneurial behaviour, policymakers and concerned stakeholders are better equipped to improve such behaviour and guarantee its success, thereby alleviating unemployment more effectively.
Research design, approach and method: A positivist paradigm was used and a quantitative design used self-administered questionnaires to assess the respondents’ emotional intelligence and their intentions to start businesses. Multiple regressions and correlations were computed to test the hypotheses.
Main findings: The findings revealed that there is a direct association between emotional intelligence and entrepreneurial intention, with the strongest association recorded between regulation of emotion and entrepreneurial intention and the least significant association between use of emotion and entrepreneurial intention.
Practical implications: Although entrepreneurship education is important, it needs to be restructured to incorporate the practical aspects. Furthermore, educators should create a learning environment that could encourage the effective expression and use of emotions to nurture emotional intelligence.
Contribution: This article is of particular value to policymakers and educators looking for ways to improve entrepreneurial effectiveness and implementation as well as scholars contemplating entrepreneurship as a career option. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e53c209cba3d4c00bd7359d8eb10333f2022-12-22T03:02:26ZengAOSISSA Journal of Human Resource Management1683-75842071-078X2018-04-01160e1e910.4102/sajhrm.v16i0.907439The association between emotional intelligence and entrepreneurship as a career choice: A study on university students in South AfricaMichelle Kanonuhwa0Ellen C. Rungani1Tendai Chimucheka2Department of Business Management, University of Fort HareDepartment of Business Management, University of Fort HareDepartment of Business Management, University of Fort HareOrientation: To examine the effects of emotional intelligence on the development of entrepreneurial intentions of university students. Research purpose: To determine whether emotional intelligence is a crucial antecedent of entrepreneurial intention to encourage entrepreneurial behaviour. Motivation of the study: By identifying all the factors that encourage entrepreneurial behaviour, policymakers and concerned stakeholders are better equipped to improve such behaviour and guarantee its success, thereby alleviating unemployment more effectively. Research design, approach and method: A positivist paradigm was used and a quantitative design used self-administered questionnaires to assess the respondents’ emotional intelligence and their intentions to start businesses. Multiple regressions and correlations were computed to test the hypotheses. Main findings: The findings revealed that there is a direct association between emotional intelligence and entrepreneurial intention, with the strongest association recorded between regulation of emotion and entrepreneurial intention and the least significant association between use of emotion and entrepreneurial intention. Practical implications: Although entrepreneurship education is important, it needs to be restructured to incorporate the practical aspects. Furthermore, educators should create a learning environment that could encourage the effective expression and use of emotions to nurture emotional intelligence. Contribution: This article is of particular value to policymakers and educators looking for ways to improve entrepreneurial effectiveness and implementation as well as scholars contemplating entrepreneurship as a career option.https://sajhrm.co.za/index.php/sajhrm/article/view/907entrepreneurshipemotional intelligenceentrepreneurial intention |
| spellingShingle | Michelle Kanonuhwa Ellen C. Rungani Tendai Chimucheka The association between emotional intelligence and entrepreneurship as a career choice: A study on university students in South Africa SA Journal of Human Resource Management entrepreneurship emotional intelligence entrepreneurial intention |
| title | The association between emotional intelligence and entrepreneurship as a career choice: A study on university students in South Africa |
| title_full | The association between emotional intelligence and entrepreneurship as a career choice: A study on university students in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | The association between emotional intelligence and entrepreneurship as a career choice: A study on university students in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | The association between emotional intelligence and entrepreneurship as a career choice: A study on university students in South Africa |
| title_short | The association between emotional intelligence and entrepreneurship as a career choice: A study on university students in South Africa |
| title_sort | association between emotional intelligence and entrepreneurship as a career choice a study on university students in south africa |
| topic | entrepreneurship emotional intelligence entrepreneurial intention |
| url | https://sajhrm.co.za/index.php/sajhrm/article/view/907 |
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