Adah-Kole Emmanuel Onjewu
The mediating role of planned behaviour in the religiosity and nascent entrepreneurship nexus
Emmanuel Onjewu, Adah-Kole; Anosike, Paschal; Godwin, Eun Sun
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Paschal Anosike
Eun Sun Godwin
Abstract
Purpose: Increasingly, there is scholarly recognition that individuals' faith constitutes a background factor much like other antecedents conditioning entrepreneurial inclination. Yet, there is room to expand knowledge on how faith interrelates with psychological and social determinants of entrepreneurship, especially in under-researched contexts such as Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach: This inquiry conceptualises associations between religiosity and (1)entrepreneurial self-efficacy, (2) entrepreneurial attitudes (3) and subjective norms as predictors of nascent entrepreneurship. For analysis, 1,259 observations of Nigerian students are assessed by structural equation modelling. Findings: The path analysis showed that the religiosity–nascent entrepreneurship nexus is altogether mediated by entrepreneurial self-efficacy, entrepreneurial attitudes and subjective norms. Entrepreneurial self-efficacy is found to have the greatest impact on nascent entrepreneurship, followed by subjective norms and then entrepreneurial attitudes. Originality/value: Theoretically, this study is one of the first to test all three dimensions of the theory of planned behaviour in the religiosity–nascent entrepreneurship nexus. It draws fresh attention to faith motivation and praxis, role-taking and attribution theory as explainers of the inherent correlations. Practically, the findings summon stakeholders to consider religious activity in the delivery of entrepreneurship programmes.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jul 9, 2023 |
Online Publication Date | Aug 16, 2023 |
Publication Date | Oct 6, 2023 |
Deposit Date | Aug 29, 2023 |
Publicly Available Date | Sep 6, 2023 |
Journal | International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research |
Print ISSN | 1355-2554 |
Publisher | Emerald |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 29 |
Issue | 8 |
Pages | 1950-1969 |
Series ISSN | 1355-2554 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-08-2022-0771 |
Keywords | Religiosity, Entrepreneurial self-efficacy, Attitudes, Subjective norms, Nascent entrepreneurship |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11066455 |
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