Investigating the impact of religiosity on entrepreneurial intentions

Nancy McIntyre, Emmanuel Silva Quaye, Thomas Anning-Dorson, Stephen Lanivich and Samuel Adomako

Journal of Business Research, 2023, vol. 156, issue C

Abstract: This study uses Self-Determination Theory (SDT) to explore religiosity’s impact on social entrepreneurial intentions. We argue that self-efficacy and self-construal moderate the relationship between religiosity and social entrepreneurial intentions, as well as traditional entrepreneurship intensions. This study uses structural equation modeling with a sample of 563 business administration students at a large public university in Ghana. Results indicate a significant relationship between religiosity and the intent to participate in social entrepreneurship, but no relationship between religiosity and traditional entrepreneurship intentions. Additionally, results show significant relationships between religiosity and both self-efficacy and interdependent self-construal. Finally, we found that self-efficacy and interdependent self-construal moderated the relationship between religiosity and social entrepreneurial intent, as well as between religiosity and traditional entrepreneurial intentions.

Keywords: Religiosity; Self-efficacy; Self-construal; Social entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial intentions; Self-determination theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113528

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