The Effect of Entrepreneurial Orientation on Entrepreneurial Intention

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of entrepreneurial orientation (innovativeness, pro-activeness, and risk-taking) on entrepreneurial intention employing the mediating factors of family business involvement, personal views, social norms, and perceived behavioral control.
Design/methodology/approach: Primary data were gathered using questionnaires. This study analyzed 445 valid responses from Egyptian enterprises. The hypotheses were tested by conducting correlation and structural equation modeling.
Findings: The analysis's findings unequivocally affirm the connections between social norms and entrepreneurial intention, family business engagement and entrepreneurial intention, and entrepreneurial orientation and personal attitude. The findings also partially corroborate the associations between entrepreneurial orientation and intention, social norms, perceived behavioral control, family business engagement, and entrepreneurial orientation. However, the investigation did not support the association between perceived behavioral control and entrepreneurial intention. Entrepreneurial orientation and entrepreneurial intention were found to be partially mediated by personal attitude, social norms, and family business involvement; the mediating function of perceived behavioral control was not substantiated.
Implications: The findings suggest that fostering these traits can significantly boost entrepreneurial intentions. Policymakers and educators should focus on promoting these qualities to strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Funding Statement: The Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), Alexandria division of the Foundation of Basic Research, provided funding for the study. This research was conducted in Egypt under the auspices of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport's (AASTMT) Graduate School of Business.
Ethical Compliance: Every method carried out in this study involving human subjects complied with the national and institutional research committee's ethical standards as well as those of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), its subsequent amendments, or similar ethical standards.
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