Exploring moderators in the relationship between cognitive adaptability and entrepreneurial intention : findings from South Africa

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dc.contributor.author Botha, Melodi
dc.contributor.author Bignotti, Alex
dc.date.accessioned 2017-11-15T08:08:09Z
dc.date.issued 2017-12
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dc.description.abstract We build on the work of Haynie and Shepherd (Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 33, 695–714, 2009), who introduced five dimensions of cognitive adaptability in an entrepreneurial context, and Urban (Management Dynamics, 21, 16–33, 2012a), who explored the relationship of cognitive adaptability with entrepreneurial intention. There is evidence that cognitive adaptability represents a link in the development of intentions and we empirically answer the call to explore moderators of this relationship. We analyse data collected from 602 potential entrepreneurs in South Africa using structural equation modelling. The results indicate that three cognitive adaptability dimensions, namely goal orientation, metacognitive experience, and metacognitive choice, have a positive relationship with entrepreneurial intention. Level of education, age, gender and entrepreneurial type were tested as moderators as they represent personal-level variables related to both cognitive adaptability and entrepreneurial intention in the literature. Level of education moderated the relationship between goal orientation and entrepreneurial intention, as well as between metacognitive experience and entrepreneurial intention. The moderating role of gender affected the positive influence of goal orientation on entrepreneurial intention, which was stronger for females, while the negative influence of monitoring was stronger for males and weaker for females. For the entrepreneurial type moderator, the sample was split between 443 necessity-driven and 159 opportunity-driven potential entrepreneurs. The results revealed that entrepreneurial type moderated the path between metacognitive experience and entrepreneurial intention, which was stronger for necessity than opportunity potential entrepreneurs. The unconventional moderation effects observed in this South African study carry far wider applicability for the development of the theory of cognitive adaptability in an entrepreneurial context. en_ZA
dc.description.department Business Management en_ZA
dc.description.librarian hj2017 en_ZA
dc.description.uri https://link.springer.com/journal/11365 en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Botha, M. & Bignotti, A.Exploring moderators in the relationship between cognitive adaptability and entrepreneurial intention : findings from South Africa. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal (2017) 13: 1069-1095. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-017-0437-8. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 1554-7191 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1555-1938 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1007/s11365-017-0437-8
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/63166
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Springer en_ZA
dc.rights © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2017. The original publication is available at https://link.springer.com/journal/11365. en_ZA
dc.subject Cognitive adaptability en_ZA
dc.subject Entrepreneurial intention en_ZA
dc.subject Entrepreneurial type en_ZA
dc.subject Emerging economy en_ZA
dc.subject Age en_ZA
dc.subject Gender en_ZA
dc.subject Level of education en_ZA
dc.subject Success en_ZA
dc.subject Venture creation en_ZA
dc.subject University students en_ZA
dc.subject Nascent entrepreneurship en_ZA
dc.subject Economic development en_ZA
dc.title Exploring moderators in the relationship between cognitive adaptability and entrepreneurial intention : findings from South Africa en_ZA
dc.type Postprint Article en_ZA


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