Open AccessSelf-Efficacy and Subjective Norms as Moderators in the Networking Competence–Social Entrepreneurial Intentions Link
Author(s) -
Anthony Igwe,
Ann Ogbo,
Emmanuel Kalu Agbaeze,
James Okechukwu Abugu,
Charity A. Ezenwakwelu,
Henry Okwo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
sage open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357
H-Index - 32
ISSN - 2158-2440
DOI - 10.1177/2158244020934878
Subject(s) - psychology , empathy , social psychology , competence (human resources) , self efficacy , obligation , moral obligation , social competence , entrepreneurship , mediation , social change , sociology , social science , political science , law , economics , economic growth
This study examines self-efficacy and subjective norms (moral obligation, empathy, and perceived social support) as moderators of the effect networking competence has on social entrepreneurial intentions. Using Nigeria as a study area, a survey was conducted on 541 budding entrepreneurs, which were students with a high entrepreneurial propensity. With the use of Andrew Hayes’s PROCESS macro, a simultaneous regression analysis was performed to establish the interaction effect of the selected moderators. The results show a positive main effect of networking competence on social entrepreneurial intentions, statistically significant interaction effects of empathy and perceived social support, no interaction effect of moral obligation, and a poor self-efficacy fit. This study extends theories of entrepreneurial intentions and the mediation (additive) models of Mair & Noboa, Krueger, and Hockerts. Suggestions are that other studies should be carried out using self-efficacy among actual early-level entrepreneurs, with a likelihood that results could explain what role self-efficacy could have in predicting social entrepreneurial intentions.