Proactive personality and entrepreneurial intention: Social class' moderating effect among college students. Issue 4 (31st October 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang, Lulu; Fan, Weiqiao; Li, Mengting
• Is Part Of: Career development quarterly. Volume 70:Issue 4(2022)
• Page Start: 271
• Page End: 283
• Publication Date: 2022-10-31
• Subjects: Chinese college students -- entrepreneurial intention -- proactive personality -- socioeconomic status -- subjective social class; Vocational guidance -- Periodicals; Career development -- Periodicals; Career education -- Periodicals; 370.11305
• DOI: 10.1002/cdq.12308
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0889-4019

Abstract

Abstract: The association between a proactive personality and entrepreneurial career intention with the moderating effect of social class (socioeconomic status and subjective social class) was examined in Chinese college students in the current study. After controlling for gender and university grade, a proactive personality was discovered to positively predict entrepreneurial intention (both goal intention and implementation intention) among a sample of 367 college students (228 females and 139 males; 119 freshmen, 166 sophomores, and 82 juniors). Subjective social class strengthened the relationship between a proactive personality and entrepreneurial intention, whereas socioeconomic status did not significantly moderate this relationship. Finally, the implications of the results and suggestions for future research were discussed.