TY - JOUR
T1 - Entrepreneurship and environmental sustainability
T2 - the effects of passion and self-efficacy on entrepreneurial intentions
AU - Gregori, Patrick
AU - Holzmann, Patrick
AU - Krajger, Ines
AU - Schwarz, Erich J.
AU - Harms, Rainer
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024, Patrick Gregori, Patrick Holzmann, Ines Krajger, Erich J. Schwarz and Rainer Harms.
PY - 2024/12/16
Y1 - 2024/12/16
N2 - Purpose: This study investigates antecedents determining the inclination to engage in future environmental entrepreneurial activities. Building on passion research and social cognitive theory, the authors explore the role of environmental passion for environmental entrepreneurial intention, drawing attention to the mediating role of environmental self-efficacy. Design/methodology/approach: A regression-based path analysis for mediation to test the developed hypotheses on a sample of 139 young individuals is applied. Findings: The results demonstrate a significant positive effect of environmental passion on environmental entrepreneurial intention. The mediation analysis shows a positive direct and indirect effect of passion on intention, concluding that self-efficacy is a partial mediator. The results further suggest that environmental entrepreneurial intention is related to gender. In contrast, covariates like age, entrepreneurial exposure and entrepreneurship education have no significant effect. Practical implications: The results have implications for practitioners and policymakers who aim to further entrepreneurship for environmental sustainability. It underlines the need to take emotional antecedents seriously, suggests policy for creative and interdisciplinary education with respect to its challenges and emphasizes the roles of teachers in fostering passion. Originality/value: The results provide a deeper contextualized understanding of passion, self-efficacy and intention in environmental entrepreneurship. These results offer an original perspective of entrepreneurship as a conduit to channel energy, concerns and passionate interests in the natural environment. The study presents theoretical implications for passion theory by extending sources of passion and clarifying the direction of self-efficacy in entrepreneurship.
AB - Purpose: This study investigates antecedents determining the inclination to engage in future environmental entrepreneurial activities. Building on passion research and social cognitive theory, the authors explore the role of environmental passion for environmental entrepreneurial intention, drawing attention to the mediating role of environmental self-efficacy. Design/methodology/approach: A regression-based path analysis for mediation to test the developed hypotheses on a sample of 139 young individuals is applied. Findings: The results demonstrate a significant positive effect of environmental passion on environmental entrepreneurial intention. The mediation analysis shows a positive direct and indirect effect of passion on intention, concluding that self-efficacy is a partial mediator. The results further suggest that environmental entrepreneurial intention is related to gender. In contrast, covariates like age, entrepreneurial exposure and entrepreneurship education have no significant effect. Practical implications: The results have implications for practitioners and policymakers who aim to further entrepreneurship for environmental sustainability. It underlines the need to take emotional antecedents seriously, suggests policy for creative and interdisciplinary education with respect to its challenges and emphasizes the roles of teachers in fostering passion. Originality/value: The results provide a deeper contextualized understanding of passion, self-efficacy and intention in environmental entrepreneurship. These results offer an original perspective of entrepreneurship as a conduit to channel energy, concerns and passionate interests in the natural environment. The study presents theoretical implications for passion theory by extending sources of passion and clarifying the direction of self-efficacy in entrepreneurship.
KW - Environmental entrepreneurship
KW - Environmental passion
KW - Intention
KW - Self-efficacy
KW - Sustainability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85196845490&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1108/JSBED-10-2023-0488
DO - 10.1108/JSBED-10-2023-0488
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85196845490
SN - 1462-6004
VL - 31
SP - 228
EP - 250
JO - Journal of small business and enterprise development
JF - Journal of small business and enterprise development
IS - 8
ER -