Predicting entrepreneurial behaviour: a test of the theory of planned behaviour
Predicting entrepreneurial behaviour: a test of the theory of planned behaviour
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DOI：
10.1080/00036846.2011.610750
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发表时间：
2013-01-01
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Tornikoski, Erno T.
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作者：
Kautonen, Teemu;van Gelderen, Marco;Tornikoski, Erno T.
本文通过应用计划行为理论（TPB）来预测创业行为，为与创业相关的职业选择文献做出了贡献。 TPB 源自社会心理学，认为意图是行为信念的函数，是后续行为的重要预测因素。尽管已有一系列学术研究解释了创业意向的形成，但实证研究尚未采用纵向数据来检验在某个时间点衡量的创业意向是否会转化为随后的创业行为。本文基于芬兰劳动年龄人口的两波调查数据（2006 年和 2009 年），对 TPB 对创业意图和后续行为的预测进行了全面检验。计量经济学结果支持TPB中概述的预测：态度、感知行为控制和主观规范是创业意图的重要预测因素；意图和感知的行为控制是后续行为的重要预测因素。因此，这项研究为 TPB 和行为意图概念的应用提供了支持，以理解复杂经济行为的出现，例如在任何可观察的行动开始之前的创业精神。
This article contributes to the occupational choice literature pertaining to entrepreneurship by applying the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to predict entrepreneurial behaviour. Originating from social psychology, the TPB posits that intention, a function of behavioural beliefs, is a significant predictor of subsequent behaviour. In spite of an established stream of scholarship explaining the formation of entrepreneurial intentions, empirical research has not yet employed longitudinal data to examine whether the intention to start a business measured at one point of time translates into subsequent entrepreneurial behaviour. This article provides a full test of the TPB in the prediction of business start-up intentions and subsequent behaviour based on two-wave survey data (2006 and 2009) from the working-age population in Finland. The econometric results support the predictions outlined in the TPB: attitude, perceived behavioural control and subjective norms are significant predictors of entrepreneurial intention; and intention and perceived behavioural control are significant predictors of subsequent behaviour. This research thus provides support to the application of the TPB and the concept of behavioural intention to understand the emergence of complex economic behaviour such as entrepreneurship prior to the onset of any observable action.