Predicting self-employment intentions and entry in Germany and East Africa: an investigation of the impact of mentoring, entrepreneurial attitudes, and psychological capital

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dc.contributor.authorMabunda Baluku, Martin
dc.contributor.authorOnderi, Peter
dc.contributor.authorOtto, Kathleen
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-27T06:15:05Z
dc.date.available2022-12-27T06:15:05Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractSelf-employment is a feasible and in some contexts the most available form of employment especially for new entrants into the labor market. Understanding student’s willingness to go into self-employment and the factors important to the process of becoming self-employed is therefore important. This paper explores the role of entrepreneurial mentoring, attitudes, and psychological capital in development of self- employment intentions among students. A two-year longitudinal survey of final year university students (288 German and 498 East African) was conducted. The follow-up survey (T2) of 103 participants was conducted within 6 months and 2 years after graduation. Results suggest that entrepreneurial mentoring, attitudes, and psychological capital are directly related to self-employment intentions. Attitudes mediated the relationship between mentoring and intentions. Furthermore, psychological capital moderated the effects of mentoring and attitudes on self- employment intentions. East African participants reported higher intentions (T1) and higher rate of entry into self-employment (at T2) compared to the German participants. Contrary to our assumption, however, psychological capital did not have substantial effects on selfemployed entry. The implications of these findings are discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMartin Mabunda Baluku, Peter Onderi & Kathleen Otto (2019): Predicting self-employment intentions and entry in Germany and East Africa: an investigation of the impact of mentoring, entrepreneurial attitudes, and psychological capital, Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2019.1666337en_US
dc.identifier.other10.1080/08276331.2019.1666337
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/6621
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Small Business & Entrepreneurshipen_US
dc.subjectCultural contexten_US
dc.subjectEntrepreneurial attitudes and intentionsen_US
dc.subjectMentoringen_US
dc.subjectPsychological capitalen_US
dc.subjectSelfemployment entryen_US
dc.titlePredicting self-employment intentions and entry in Germany and East Africa: an investigation of the impact of mentoring, entrepreneurial attitudes, and psychological capitalen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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