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Are Entrepreneurial Intentions Self-Regulated? Self-Consciousness, Core Self-Evaluations and Entrepreneurial Intentions of Higher Education Students

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2016

Laurent Auzoult ,
Florent Lheureux  and
Sid Abdellaoui
Laurent Auzoult*
Affiliation:
Université de Montpellier 3 (France)
Florent Lheureux
Affiliation:
Université de Franche Comté (France)
Sid Abdellaoui
Affiliation:
Université de Lorraine (France)
*
*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Laurent Auzoult. Laboratoire de Psychologie (EA 3188), 30. rue Mégevand, F-25030. Besançon Cedex (France). Phone: 0381669.37. E-mail: laurent.auzoult@univ-fcomte.fr
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Abstract

The main aim of this study is to demonstrate that private self-consciousness (SC) and core self-evaluations (CSEs) influence their formation, via the perceived feasibility and desirability of entrepreneurship or in interaction with it. Two hundred and sixteen students, from a university, an engineering college and a management school, participated in a survey questionnaire which measured these variables as well as controlled factors (e.g. entrepreneurship education, presence of entrepreneurs in their close social network). The results confirm that CSEs have a positive effect on feasibility and desirability (p < .001) which mediate their effect on intention (p < .007). They also show that private SC has a positive direct effect on intention (p < .001). Additionally, the positive interaction effects of desirability and feasibility and public SC and feasibility on intention are highlighted (p < .05). Unexpectedly, none of the hypothesized moderation effects of private SC were corroborated. The convergence of these results with prior research, the limitations of the study and practical implications are discussed.

Keywords

core self-evaluationsentrepreneurial intentionsperceived desirabilityperceived feasibilityself-consciousness
Type
Research Article
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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 19 , 2016 , E38
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Copyright © Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2016 

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