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THE EFFECT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOR TENDENCIES AND PERCEPTIONS OF SELF-EFFICIENCY ON THE FUTURE ANXIETY OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Year 2023, Issue: 64, 1 - 6, 27.04.2023
https://doi.org/10.18070/erciyesiibd.1058734

Abstract

Anxiety, which can occur at any moment of life, can negatively affect human life in many respects. The effect of anxiety has a feature that may differ from individual to individual. The perspective of the anxious situation and the methods of struggle can be affected by the person himself or by environmental factors. Anxiety about the future, which is the most common anxiety experienced by the younger generation, can also vary from person to person. In this study, the effect of entrepreneurial behavior and self-efficacy on future anxiety was investigated with the assumption that this anxiety will be experienced less in individuals who are struggling, who do not avoid taking risks and who believe that they can succeed. In addition, the mediating effect of entrepreneurial behavior on the effect of self-efficacy perception on future anxiety was also investigated. The population of the research consists of students studying at Duzce University Faculty of Business Administration. Data were collected through online questionnaires from 250 students selected by convenience sampling from this universe. Hypothesis tests were carried out with structural equation modeling analysis. According to the research findings, it was seen that self-efficacy perception and entrepreneurial behavior had a negative and significant effect on future anxiety. In addition, entrepreneurial behavior tendency has a partial mediating role in the relationship between self-efficacy perception and future anxiety.

References

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  • Antoncic, B. & Hisrich, R.D. (2003). Clarifying the intrapreneurship concept. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 10(1): 7-24.
  • Bandura, A. (1982). Self-efficacy, mechanism human agency. American Psychologist, 37(2):122-147.
  • Bandura, A. (1995). Self-Efficacy in Changing Societies, Cambridge: Cambridge University.
  • Bandura, A., Caprara, G. V., Barbaranelli, C., Pastorelli, C. & Regalia, C. (2001). Socio-cognitive self-regulatory mechanisms governing transgressive behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 125-135.
  • Baron, R. M. & Kenny, D. A. (1986). The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51(6), 1173- 1182.
  • Barrows, J., Dunn, S. & Lloyd, C.A. (2013). Anxiety, self-efficacy, and college exam grades. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 1(3): 204-208, Doi: 10.13189/ujer.2013.010310.
  • Bostock, L. & Boon, H. (2012). Pre-service teachers’ literacy self-efficacy and literacy competence. Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 22(1):19-37.
  • Bozkur, B., Kıran, B., & Cengiz, Ö. (2020). Üniversite öğrencilerinin umutsuzluk, belirsizliğe tahammülsüzlük, gelecekte iş bulmaya yönelik algı ve öz yeterliklerinin incelenmesi. 1. Kastamonu Education Journal, 28(6): 2401- 2409. Doi: 10.24106/kefdergi.702233.
  • Bozkurt, Ö. , Ercan, A. & Yurt, İ. (2018). Bireysel değerler ile girişimcilik eğilimi arasındaki ilişkinin değerlendirilmesi: düzce üniversitesi örneği. Girişimcilik ve Kalkınma Dergisi, 13 (1), 43-55
  • Bozkurt, Ö. (2009). Yenilikçi bir faaliyet olarak iç girişimciliğin çalışanların iş tatmini üzerindeki etkisi: Sakarya ili imalat sanayi üzerine bir alan araştırması. Sakarya Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Doktora Tezi, Sakarya
  • Bozkurt, Ö. & Ercan, A. (2017). Akademik iyimserlik ile performans arasındaki ilişkinin akademisyenler açısından değerlendirilmesi. Uluslararası Yönetim İktisat ve İşletme Dergisi, ICMEB17 Özel Sayısı, 251-263
  • Bozkurt, Ö. , Meriç, S. & Bozkurt, İ. (2017). Kişilik özelliklerinin yenilikçilik eğilimi üzerine etkisini belirlemeye yönelik kamuda çalışan yöneticiler üzerinde bir araştırma. Düzce Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi,7(1), 58-70
  • Cohen, L., Manion, L. & Morrison, K. (2007). Research Methods in Education, (6), New York: Routledge / Taylor and Francis Group.
  • Fornell, C. & Larcker, D. F. (1981). Evaluating structural equation models with unobservable variables and measurement error. Journal of Marketing Research, 18(1): 39-50.
  • Güler, B. (2006). İşsizlik ve yarattığı psiko-sosyal sorunların öğrenilmiş çaresizlik bağlamında incelenmesi. İstanbul Üniversitesi İktisat Fakültesi Mecmuası, 55(1): 373-394.
  • Güllüce, A.Ç., Bozkurt, Ö. ve Meriç, S. (2017). Örgütsel Adalet Algısının İç Gı̇rişimci Davranışlar İle İlişkisi: Otel Yöneticilerine Yönelik Bir Araştırma. Girişimcilik ve Kalkınma Dergisi,12(2), 39-50
  • Hair, J. F., Black, W. C., Babin, B. J., & Anderson, R. E. (2014). Multivariate Data Analysis, (7). Harlow: Pearson New International Edition.
  • Jerusalem, M. & R. Schwarzer (1992). Self-efficacy as resource theory in stress appraisal process, R. Schwarzer (Ed.) Self-Efficacy: Thought Control of Action, 195-213. Hemisphere: Washington DC,
  • Kula, K. Ş. & Saraç, T. (2016). Üniversite öğrencilerinin gelecek kaygısı. Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 13(33): 227-242.
  • Lee, S. & Peterson, S. (2000). Culture, entrepreneurial orientation and global competitivene. Journal of World Business, 35(4): 401-416.
  • Lumpkin, G.T. & Dess, G.G. (1996). Clarifying entrepreneurial orientation construct and linking it to performance. Academy of Management Review, 21(1): 135-172.
  • Morris, M.H. & Kuratko, D.F. (2002). Corporate Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurial Development Within Organizations. Orlando, Florida: Harcourt College Publishers.
  • Mulkey, J. R. & O’Neil, H. F., Jr. (1999). The effects of test item format on self- efficacy and worry during high-stakes computer-based certification examination. Computers in Human Behavior, 15(3-4), 495-506.
  • Nelson, D.W. & Knight, A.E. (2010). The power of positive recollections: reducing test anxiety and enhancing college student efficacy and performance. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 40(3), 732-745.
  • Öner, N. & Le Compte A. (1985). Durumluk-Sürekli Kaygı Envanteri El Kitabı. İstanbul: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi. Pearce, J.A., Kramer, T.R. & Robbins, K.D. (1997). Effects of managers’ entrepreneurial behaviour on subordinates. Journal of Business Venturing 12: 147-160.
  • Porter, L. W., Bigley, G. A., & Steers, R. M. (2003). Motivation and Work Behavior. McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
  • Rabei, S., Ramadan, S. & Abdallah, N. (2020). Self-efficacy and future anxiety among students of nursing and education colleges of helwan university. Middle East Current Psychiatry, 27:39, https://doi.org/10.1186/s43045- 020-00049-6.
  • Samuel, C.C. (2000). Modern Management: Diversity, Quality, Ethics & the Global Environment, Prentice Hall.
  • Schumpeter, J.A. (1928). The Entrepreneur. M.C. Becker, T. Knudsen, & R. Swedberg (Eds.): 227-260, Standford University Press.
  • Sekaran, U. & Bougie, R. (2016). Research Methods for Business A Skill-Building Approach, (7). Chichester: Wiley.
  • Shaheen, N. & Al-Haddad, S. (2018). Entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial behavior. International Journal of Development and Sustainability, 7 (10): 2385-2402.
  • Sobel, M. E. (1982). Asymptotic confidence ıntervals for ındirect effects in structural equation models. Sociological Methodology, 13, 290-312. Doi:10.2307/270723.
  • Tayfur, O. (2006). Antecedents of Feedback Seeking Behavior. (Yayımlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi). ODTÜ/ Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Ankara.
  • Urgancı, S. & Gürgan, U. (2019). Gençlerde karar verme becerileri ile akademik öz- yeterlik arasındaki ilişkinin bazı değişkenlere göre incelenmesi. Avrasya Sosyal ve Ekonomi Araştırmaları Dergisi (ASEAD), 6(6):242- 262.
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  • Yıldırım, S. (2012). Teacher support, motivation, learning strategy use, and achievement: a multilevel mediation model. The Journal of Experimental Education, 80(2), 150-172.
  • Zampetakis, L.A. & Moustakis. V.S. (2007). Entrepreneurial behaviour in the greek public sector. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 13(1):19- 38.
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ÜNİVERSİTE ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN GELECEK KAYGILARINDA GİRİŞİMCİ DAVRANIŞ EĞİLİMLERİNİN VE ÖZ YETERLİK ALGILARININ ETKİSİ

Year 2023, Issue: 64, 1 - 6, 27.04.2023
https://doi.org/10.18070/erciyesiibd.1058734

Abstract

Yaşamın her anında ortaya çıkabilecek olan kaygı durumu, pek çok konuda insan yaşamını olumsuz etkileyebilmektedir. Kaygının oluşturacağı etki ise bireyden bireye farklılık gösterebilecek bir özelliğe sahiptir. Kaygılı duruma bakış açısı ve mücadele yöntemleri kişinin kendinden veya çevresel faktörlerden etkilenebilmektedir. Genç neslin en sık yaşadığı kaygılı durum olan gelecek kaygısı da kişiden kişiye değişebilmektedir. Mücadeleci, risk almaktan kaçınmayan ve başarabileceğine inanan bireylerde bu kaygının daha az yaşanacağı varsayımı ile bu çalışmada, girişimci davranışın ve öz yeterliliğin gelecek kaygısı üzerindeki etkisi araştırılmıştır. Ayrıca öz yeterlik algısının gelecek kaygısı üzerindeki etkisinde girişimci davranışın aracılık etkisi de araştırılmıştır. Araştırmanın evrenini Düzce Üniversitesi İşletme Fakültesi’nde öğrenim gören öğrenciler oluşturmaktadır. Bu evrenden kolayda örnekleme ile seçilen 250 öğrenciden online anketlerle veriler toplanmıştır. Yapısal eşitlik modelleme analizi ile hipotez testleri gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırma bulgularına göre, öz yeterlik algısının ve girişimci davranışın gelecek kaygısı üzerinde negatif yönlü ve anlamlı bir etki yaptığı görülmüştür. Ayrıca, girişimci davranış eğilimi de öz yeterlik algısı ve gelecek kaygısı arasındaki ilişkide kısmi aracılık rolüne sahiptir.

References

  • Akkoç, İ., Çalışkan, A. & Turunç, Ö. (2019). Girişimci davranış: Bir ölçek uyarlama çalışması. Girişimcilik ve Kalkınma Dergisi, 14(1): 1-10.
  • Antoncic, B. & Hisrich, R.D. (2003). Clarifying the intrapreneurship concept. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 10(1): 7-24.
  • Bandura, A. (1982). Self-efficacy, mechanism human agency. American Psychologist, 37(2):122-147.
  • Bandura, A. (1995). Self-Efficacy in Changing Societies, Cambridge: Cambridge University.
  • Bandura, A., Caprara, G. V., Barbaranelli, C., Pastorelli, C. & Regalia, C. (2001). Socio-cognitive self-regulatory mechanisms governing transgressive behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 125-135.
  • Baron, R. M. & Kenny, D. A. (1986). The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51(6), 1173- 1182.
  • Barrows, J., Dunn, S. & Lloyd, C.A. (2013). Anxiety, self-efficacy, and college exam grades. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 1(3): 204-208, Doi: 10.13189/ujer.2013.010310.
  • Bostock, L. & Boon, H. (2012). Pre-service teachers’ literacy self-efficacy and literacy competence. Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 22(1):19-37.
  • Bozkur, B., Kıran, B., & Cengiz, Ö. (2020). Üniversite öğrencilerinin umutsuzluk, belirsizliğe tahammülsüzlük, gelecekte iş bulmaya yönelik algı ve öz yeterliklerinin incelenmesi. 1. Kastamonu Education Journal, 28(6): 2401- 2409. Doi: 10.24106/kefdergi.702233.
  • Bozkurt, Ö. , Ercan, A. & Yurt, İ. (2018). Bireysel değerler ile girişimcilik eğilimi arasındaki ilişkinin değerlendirilmesi: düzce üniversitesi örneği. Girişimcilik ve Kalkınma Dergisi, 13 (1), 43-55
  • Bozkurt, Ö. (2009). Yenilikçi bir faaliyet olarak iç girişimciliğin çalışanların iş tatmini üzerindeki etkisi: Sakarya ili imalat sanayi üzerine bir alan araştırması. Sakarya Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Doktora Tezi, Sakarya
  • Bozkurt, Ö. & Ercan, A. (2017). Akademik iyimserlik ile performans arasındaki ilişkinin akademisyenler açısından değerlendirilmesi. Uluslararası Yönetim İktisat ve İşletme Dergisi, ICMEB17 Özel Sayısı, 251-263
  • Bozkurt, Ö. , Meriç, S. & Bozkurt, İ. (2017). Kişilik özelliklerinin yenilikçilik eğilimi üzerine etkisini belirlemeye yönelik kamuda çalışan yöneticiler üzerinde bir araştırma. Düzce Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi,7(1), 58-70
  • Cohen, L., Manion, L. & Morrison, K. (2007). Research Methods in Education, (6), New York: Routledge / Taylor and Francis Group.
  • Fornell, C. & Larcker, D. F. (1981). Evaluating structural equation models with unobservable variables and measurement error. Journal of Marketing Research, 18(1): 39-50.
  • Güler, B. (2006). İşsizlik ve yarattığı psiko-sosyal sorunların öğrenilmiş çaresizlik bağlamında incelenmesi. İstanbul Üniversitesi İktisat Fakültesi Mecmuası, 55(1): 373-394.
  • Güllüce, A.Ç., Bozkurt, Ö. ve Meriç, S. (2017). Örgütsel Adalet Algısının İç Gı̇rişimci Davranışlar İle İlişkisi: Otel Yöneticilerine Yönelik Bir Araştırma. Girişimcilik ve Kalkınma Dergisi,12(2), 39-50
  • Hair, J. F., Black, W. C., Babin, B. J., & Anderson, R. E. (2014). Multivariate Data Analysis, (7). Harlow: Pearson New International Edition.
  • Jerusalem, M. & R. Schwarzer (1992). Self-efficacy as resource theory in stress appraisal process, R. Schwarzer (Ed.) Self-Efficacy: Thought Control of Action, 195-213. Hemisphere: Washington DC,
  • Kula, K. Ş. & Saraç, T. (2016). Üniversite öğrencilerinin gelecek kaygısı. Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 13(33): 227-242.
  • Lee, S. & Peterson, S. (2000). Culture, entrepreneurial orientation and global competitivene. Journal of World Business, 35(4): 401-416.
  • Lumpkin, G.T. & Dess, G.G. (1996). Clarifying entrepreneurial orientation construct and linking it to performance. Academy of Management Review, 21(1): 135-172.
  • Morris, M.H. & Kuratko, D.F. (2002). Corporate Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurial Development Within Organizations. Orlando, Florida: Harcourt College Publishers.
  • Mulkey, J. R. & O’Neil, H. F., Jr. (1999). The effects of test item format on self- efficacy and worry during high-stakes computer-based certification examination. Computers in Human Behavior, 15(3-4), 495-506.
  • Nelson, D.W. & Knight, A.E. (2010). The power of positive recollections: reducing test anxiety and enhancing college student efficacy and performance. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 40(3), 732-745.
  • Öner, N. & Le Compte A. (1985). Durumluk-Sürekli Kaygı Envanteri El Kitabı. İstanbul: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi. Pearce, J.A., Kramer, T.R. & Robbins, K.D. (1997). Effects of managers’ entrepreneurial behaviour on subordinates. Journal of Business Venturing 12: 147-160.
  • Porter, L. W., Bigley, G. A., & Steers, R. M. (2003). Motivation and Work Behavior. McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
  • Rabei, S., Ramadan, S. & Abdallah, N. (2020). Self-efficacy and future anxiety among students of nursing and education colleges of helwan university. Middle East Current Psychiatry, 27:39, https://doi.org/10.1186/s43045- 020-00049-6.
  • Samuel, C.C. (2000). Modern Management: Diversity, Quality, Ethics & the Global Environment, Prentice Hall.
  • Schumpeter, J.A. (1928). The Entrepreneur. M.C. Becker, T. Knudsen, & R. Swedberg (Eds.): 227-260, Standford University Press.
  • Sekaran, U. & Bougie, R. (2016). Research Methods for Business A Skill-Building Approach, (7). Chichester: Wiley.
  • Shaheen, N. & Al-Haddad, S. (2018). Entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial behavior. International Journal of Development and Sustainability, 7 (10): 2385-2402.
  • Sobel, M. E. (1982). Asymptotic confidence ıntervals for ındirect effects in structural equation models. Sociological Methodology, 13, 290-312. Doi:10.2307/270723.
  • Tayfur, O. (2006). Antecedents of Feedback Seeking Behavior. (Yayımlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi). ODTÜ/ Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Ankara.
  • Urgancı, S. & Gürgan, U. (2019). Gençlerde karar verme becerileri ile akademik öz- yeterlik arasındaki ilişkinin bazı değişkenlere göre incelenmesi. Avrasya Sosyal ve Ekonomi Araştırmaları Dergisi (ASEAD), 6(6):242- 262.
  • Yeşilay, A., Schwarzer, R. & Jerusalem, M. (1996). Turkish adaptation of the general perceived self-efficacy scale: genelleştirilmiş özyeti beklentisi, http://userpage.fu- berlin.de/~health/turk.htm. E.T.: 05.01.2022.
  • Yıldırım, S. (2012). Teacher support, motivation, learning strategy use, and achievement: a multilevel mediation model. The Journal of Experimental Education, 80(2), 150-172.
  • Zampetakis, L.A. & Moustakis. V.S. (2007). Entrepreneurial behaviour in the greek public sector. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 13(1):19- 38.
  • Zampetakis, L.A. Beldekos, P. & Moustakis V.S. (2009). Day-To-Day entrepreneurship within organisations: the role of trait emotional intelligence and perceived organisational support. European Management Journal, 27:165-175.
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Aysun Devrim Yemenici 0000-0001-9623-1652

Öznur Bozkurt 0000-0002-8846-1850

Recep Taşkın This is me 0000-0002-5853-5062

Early Pub Date April 18, 2023
Publication Date April 27, 2023
Acceptance Date August 8, 2022
Published in Issue Year 2023 Issue: 64

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APA Yemenici, A. D., Bozkurt, Ö., & Taşkın, R. (2023). ÜNİVERSİTE ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN GELECEK KAYGILARINDA GİRİŞİMCİ DAVRANIŞ EĞİLİMLERİNİN VE ÖZ YETERLİK ALGILARININ ETKİSİ. Erciyes Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi(64), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.18070/erciyesiibd.1058734

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