標題: The effects of internal locus of control on entrepreneurship: the mediating mechanisms of social capital and human capital
作者: Hsiao, Chan
Lee, Yi-Hsuan
Chen, Hsiang-Heng
管理科學系
Department of Management Science
關鍵字: human capital;entrepreneurship;social capital;mediating effect;locus of control
公開日期: 16-Jun-2016
摘要: This paper proposes the research framework that locus of control enhances entrepreneurship through the mediating mechanisms of increased social capital in interpersonal networks and improved human capital in personal development. We adopted structural equation modeling to examine the research hypothesis. The research participants comprised managers from 14 enterprises in China; a total of 1002 valid questionnaires were collected. The results revealed that social and human capital mediate the effect that internal locus of control exerts on entrepreneurship. This study provides the following research contributions: first, the findings address the gaps in previous studies regarding the effect that a single dimension (i.e. personality traits) produces on entrepreneurship. Second, by employing the social exchange and human capital theories, we integrated interpersonal and individual perspectives into the research framework to explore factors affecting entrepreneurship, identifying that social and human capital are key-mediating mechanisms through which locus of control influences entrepreneurship.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2015.1060511
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/133592
ISSN: 0958-5192
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2015.1060511
期刊: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Volume: 27
Issue: 11
起始頁: 1158
結束頁: 1172
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