Impact of Future Time Perspective on Entrepreneurial Career Intention for Individual Sustainable Career Development: The Roles of Learning Orientation and Entrepreneurial Passion

Ataullah Kiani, Jingjiang Liu, Usman Ghani and Anastasia Popelnukha
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Ataullah Kiani: School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230000, China
Jingjiang Liu: School of Management, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Usman Ghani: School of Education, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Anastasia Popelnukha: School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230000, China

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 9, 1-18

Abstract: This study addressed the underlying mechanisms through which future time perspective (FTP) motivates entrepreneurial career intention. By focusing on entrepreneurship as an important career decision for individual sustainable career development, we argued that the generic use of a learning orientation approach mediates the effect of the presence of an extended FTP on individual entrepreneurial career intention. We also posited that entrepreneurial passion for founding moderates the relationship between learning orientation and individual entrepreneurial career intention. Using a survey data of 416 students attending a Chinese public sector university, we found that FTP enhanced learning orientation, which, in turn, stimulated entrepreneurial career intention. Moreover, the positive relationship between learning orientation and entrepreneurial career intention became strong as entrepreneurial passion for founding increased. Results were discussed in terms of implications for theory and practice.

Keywords: future time perspective; entrepreneurial career intention; learning orientation; entrepreneurial passion; sustainable career development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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