Aims and Scope
Recent Articles
From a Deliberative to an Implementing Mindset a Process-oriented View of the Formation of Academic Entrepreneurial Intention
Richard Blaese, Brigitte LiebigBackground:
Previous intention-based research has not considered whether participants are in the motivational or in the actional phase. In turn, this creates a gap of knowledge concerning the cognitive and motivational processes involved in the formation of Entrepreneurial Intention (EI). By applying the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), the present study addresses the formation of EI to commercialize research knowledge, focusing on the transition from motivation to implementation in the context of academia.
Methods:
Drawing on cross-sectional data of 490 researchers, segmented regression analysis was conducted to analyze the influence of entrepreneurial engagement on EI-growth. Multi-group Structural Equalization Modeling (SEM) was then used to test the moderation effects of engagement on the relationship between motivational factors and entrepreneurial intention.
Results and Discussion:
The analysis revealed a direct influence of engagement on EI, as well as a threshold of EI-growth per the context of a Rubicon crossing after the initiation of the first gestation action. Our data also show a growing influence of endogenous factors (e.g., attitudes and perceived behavior control) on EI during the venture creation process. The second part of the study contributes by testing the effects of entrepreneurial rewards on TPB-antecedents moderated by engagement.
Conclusion:
Until today, research mostly relied on cross-sectional data to predict and measure the strength of EI in the phase preceding the launch of a new business without considering whether participants are in the motivational or in the actional phase. Our finding highlights the need to shift from focusing entrepreneurship research solely on intentions to now on the process and implementation perspective.
July 20, 2021
Articles
- July 07, 2021
Tooth Loss, Occlusal Teeth Support, Salivary Flow Rate, and Food Texture Choice in the Elderly with Cognitive Impairment: A Preliminary Study in Indonesia
May 24, 2021Patterns of Associations among Resilience, Risk and Protective Factors in Adolescents with Blindness
May 17, 2021Elderly Muslim Wellbeing: Family Support, Participation in Religious Activities, and Happiness
April 16, 2021Socio-Demographic and Environmental Determinants of Adverse Childhood Experience among School-Going Adolescents in Jimma town, Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia
March 17, 2021Validating the Arabic Scale of Happiness among College Students
February 16, 2021
Religious Fundamentalism between Traits and Values
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Experiencing Peace Through Heart-Based Meditation on The Self
Tina Lindhard
Background:
This paper is based on the results obtained from a research program which showed that training in the heart-based Intuitive Meditation (IM) method brought about a significant shift towards more feeling based consciousness. This data was obtained from a pre-post test design measuring changes in scores on the Feeling Consciousness Scale (FCS). The post-test scale also included several open-ended questions.
Objectives:
Among other aims, the objectives of the present paper are to compare the traits obtained from the open questions to the scale items in order to refine the scale where necessary and to learn more about the quality of feeling-based consciousness; for instance, to compare the scale item “I feel peace inside” with the open answers.
Method:
The method consisted of a comparison of answers from the open questions with the scale items.
Results:
An overlap was found between many of the scale items and traits derived from the open answers. The scale item “I feel peace inside” and the open answers of 36% of the participants suggest that peace might be an inner experience related to feeling.
Conclusion:
The comparison throws more light on the quality of the inner experience of participants after learning IM. It also suggests that peace is an inner experience related to feeling. This has many implications, especially for people who try to create or impose peace on others through military or forceful means. As the sample size was small, further research is suggested, especially with respect to possible gender differences.
April 26, 2017
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- February 28, 2017
On the Scientific Discourse Practice in Psychology: Professional Comments and Replies in Different Subdisciplines of Psychology up to 2015
June 12, 2017
Towards a Dynamic Assessment of Unilateral Spatial Neglect
July 27, 2017
Support for the Forensic DNA Database and Public Safety Concerns: An Exploratory Study
August 15, 2017
At-Risk Teachers: The Association Between Burnout Levels and Emotional Appraisal Processes
August 17, 2017
The Meaning of Flowers: A Cultural and Perceptual Exploration of Ornamental Flowers
October 31, 2016
The Romantic Jealousy as Multidimensional Construct: A Study on the Italian Short Form of the Multidimensional Jealousy Scale
