Psychological Development and Education ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (6): 813-821.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2022.06.07

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Proactive Personality and College Students’ Entrepreneurial Preparation Behavior: The Mediating Effect of Entrepreneurial Intention and Moderating Role of Entrepreneurial Social Support

ZHENG Shuang, LIU Hongrui, LI Jing, XI Yu, YAO Meilin   

  1. Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
  • Published:2022-11-29

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Abstract: Based on the perspective of ecological system theory and integrated model of intentional entrepreneurial action, the present study attempted to investigate a moderated mediation model. Specifically, the present study explored the association between proactive personality and entrepreneurial preparation behavior, as well as the mediating role of entrepreneurial intention and the moderating role of entrepreneurial social support. A total of 1659 college students ( Mage = 19.91, SD = 1.43, 307 males and 1352 females) were recruited from 21 provinces in China. College students completed online surveys, including proactive personality scale, individual entrepreneurial intent scale, entrepreneurial social support scale and entrepreneurial preparation behavior questionnaire. The results showed that proactive personality positively predicted college students’ entrepreneurial preparation behavior. Furthermore, the relationship between proactive personality and entrepreneurial preparation behavior was mediated by entrepreneurial intention. Specifically, high proactive personality positively enhanced the level of entrepreneurial intention, which increased college students’ entrepreneurial preparation behavior. Besides, the relationship between proactive personality and entrepreneurial intention was moderated by entrepreneurial social support. To be more specific, proactive personality positively predicted entrepreneurial intention, but the effect was stronger on those with high entrepreneurial social support than those with low entrepreneurial social support. These findings reflect the interaction between individual traits and environmental factors, which has implications for the improvement of college students’ entrepreneurial preparation behavior.

Key words: proactive personality, entrepreneurial intention, entrepreneurial preparation behavior, entrepreneurial social support, college students

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