The Impacts of Task- and Relationship-oriented Personal Initiative on Entrepreneurial Intention

Lingyu Hu, Jianlin Wu and Jibao Gu
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Lingyu Hu: Logistics and e-Commerce College, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo 315100, China
Jianlin Wu: School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
Jibao Gu: School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 19, 1-14

Abstract: Previous research indicates an unclear relationship between personal initiative (PI) and entrepreneurial intention. Drawing upon existing literature, this study proposes that the two forms of PI (i.e., task- and relationship-oriented PI) influence entrepreneurial intention differently, and that such effects are transited through entrepreneurial self-efficacy. An analyses of 210 employees showed that task-oriented PI is negatively related to entrepreneurial intention, whereas relationship-oriented PI is positively related to entrepreneurial intention. It was further found that the effect of relationship-oriented PI on entrepreneurial intention is mediated by entrepreneurial self-efficacy, whereas the effect of task-oriented PI on entrepreneurial intention is not. Finally, the theoretical and practical implications of our findings are discussed.

Keywords: entrepreneurial intention; personal initiative; entrepreneurial self-efficacy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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