The Moderating Effects of Sustainability Orientation in the Entrepreneurial Intention Model

Niousha Shahidi ()
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Niousha Shahidi: EDC Paris Business School, 70 Galerie des Damiers — Paris La Défense 1, 92415 Courbevoie Cedex, France

Journal of Enterprising Culture (JEC), 2020, vol. 28, issue 01, 59-79

Abstract: Given that business opportunities for sustainable development are increasing, it is opportune to consider the moderating effects of students’ sustainability orientations on the entrepreneurial intention model. This study aims to contribute to entrepreneurial intention research by extending insights from the theory of planned behaviour (i.e. attitudes towards behaviour, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control) by considering the moderating effects of sustainability orientation. To date, no known studies have tested the moderating effects of sustainability orientation on entrepreneurial intention. The main contributions of this study are thus twofold. First, it provides a framework for better understanding the entrepreneurial intention model. Second, it offers empirical evidence to validate this model with a multi-group structural equation modelling approach for two sustainability orientations – high and low. The multi-group structural equation modelling approach is then used to test the proposed model’s causal structure. The results differ between the groups.

Keywords: Sustainability orientation; entrepreneurial intention; theory of planned behaviour; moderating effects; French business school; structural equation modelling; multi-group analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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