TY - JOUR
T1 - Entrepreneurial career choice intentions among secondary students in Colombia
T2 - the role of entrepreneurial exposure
AU - Osorio Tinoco, Fabian
AU - Bayon, Manoj Chandra
AU - Murillo Vargas, Guillermo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited.
PY - 2022/1/21
Y1 - 2022/1/21
N2 - Purpose: Based on a theoretical framework grounded in the social-cognitive theory and its derivative the social-cognitive career theory, the main purpose of this paper is to examine the role of entrepreneurial exposure in moderating the relationship between self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention in the presence of different levels of outcome expectations. Design/methodology/approach: Using a sample of 643 secondary students from Colombia, the authors tested the validity and reliability of scales used to measure the main constructs of the socio-cognitive career theory and used the construct of entrepreneurial exposure to examine contingent hypotheses using a four-step linear regression analysis. Findings: The study results suggest that although the main social-cognitive career variables (self-efficacy and outcome expectation) and entrepreneurial exposure directly influence the formation of entrepreneurial intention and thus support previous findings, the authors also discover a new configuration of (interacting) antecedents. While on the one hand, even a low level of entrepreneurial exposure leads to a significant increase in the entrepreneurial intention of secondary students with high outcome expectation and high self-efficacy; on the other hand, high entrepreneurial exposure leads to a decrease in entrepreneurial intention among students with high entrepreneurial expectation and high self-efficacy. Research limitations/implications: The main implication of the study findings is although entrepreneurial exposure is beneficial for fostering entrepreneurial intention among secondary students, a high level of entrepreneurial exposure can have a detrimental effect especially among those with high self-efficacy and outcome expectations. Practical implications: The paper suggests implications and suggestions for educators to foster the development of entrepreneurial intentions among students. Originality/value: This study provides empirical evidence on the formation of entrepreneurial intention in a new setting. In addition, it improves one’s understanding of the main tenets of social-cognitive career theory by taking into account an important environment factor that can have a contrasting impact on the formation on entrepreneurial intention among adolescents.
AB - Purpose: Based on a theoretical framework grounded in the social-cognitive theory and its derivative the social-cognitive career theory, the main purpose of this paper is to examine the role of entrepreneurial exposure in moderating the relationship between self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention in the presence of different levels of outcome expectations. Design/methodology/approach: Using a sample of 643 secondary students from Colombia, the authors tested the validity and reliability of scales used to measure the main constructs of the socio-cognitive career theory and used the construct of entrepreneurial exposure to examine contingent hypotheses using a four-step linear regression analysis. Findings: The study results suggest that although the main social-cognitive career variables (self-efficacy and outcome expectation) and entrepreneurial exposure directly influence the formation of entrepreneurial intention and thus support previous findings, the authors also discover a new configuration of (interacting) antecedents. While on the one hand, even a low level of entrepreneurial exposure leads to a significant increase in the entrepreneurial intention of secondary students with high outcome expectation and high self-efficacy; on the other hand, high entrepreneurial exposure leads to a decrease in entrepreneurial intention among students with high entrepreneurial expectation and high self-efficacy. Research limitations/implications: The main implication of the study findings is although entrepreneurial exposure is beneficial for fostering entrepreneurial intention among secondary students, a high level of entrepreneurial exposure can have a detrimental effect especially among those with high self-efficacy and outcome expectations. Practical implications: The paper suggests implications and suggestions for educators to foster the development of entrepreneurial intentions among students. Originality/value: This study provides empirical evidence on the formation of entrepreneurial intention in a new setting. In addition, it improves one’s understanding of the main tenets of social-cognitive career theory by taking into account an important environment factor that can have a contrasting impact on the formation on entrepreneurial intention among adolescents.
KW - Emerging economies
KW - Entrepreneurial exposure
KW - Entrepreneurial intention
KW - Outcome expectations
KW - Self-efficacy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85091036109&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1108/IJOEM-10-2019-0872
DO - 10.1108/IJOEM-10-2019-0872
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85091036109
SN - 1746-8809
VL - 17
SP - 277
EP - 298
JO - International Journal of Emerging Markets
JF - International Journal of Emerging Markets
IS - 1
ER -