2026-04-14T19:26:16Zhttps://uvadoc.uva.es/oai/requestoai:uvadoc.uva.es:10324/454682021-06-28T11:11:21Zcom_10324_1180com_10324_931com_10324_894col_10324_1375
Pérez Fernández, Héctor
Delgado García, Juan Bautista
Martín Cruz, Teresa Natalia
Rodríguez Escudero, Ana Isabel
2021-03-04T09:45:37Z
2021-03-04T09:45:37Z
2020
Entrepreneurship Research Journal, 2020.
2157-5665
http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/45468
10.1515/erj-2019-0124
Entrepreneurship Research Journal
2157-5665
Advances on the study of entrepreneurial intention among students from universities motivate to further investigate
the factors behind this intention. In this paper, we focus on the effect of affective traits (positive and
negative) on the entrepreneurial intention antecedents proposed by Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior drawing
on the arguments of affect priming. Using a sample of 597 students from Spain, we use structural equation
model to test our hypotheses. Our results show that positive affective traits have a positive impact on the attitude
toward entrepreneurship (ATE), perceived behavioral control of entrepreneurship (PBC), and social norms
toward entrepreneurship (SN). Negative affective traits negatively influence ATE and SN, but not PBC. In addition,
using a K-means clustering analysis and an analysis of variance, our study further explores how different
affective personalities relate to a particular level of entrepreneurial intention. Our results contribute to understand
of the psychological processes that influence entrepreneurial intention. Overall, our research contributes
to the literature on affect and entrepreneurial cognition by evaluating the interaction of affect and the cognitive
antecedents of entrepreneurial intention.
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional
Emprendedores - España
Empresarios - Conducta
Nuevas empresas
The role of affect in the development of entrepreneurial intentions
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