Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship (벤처창업연구)

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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The Effects of Fear of Failure Factors Affecting Entrepreneurial Intentions of Startup Business Candidate

예비창업자의 실패에 대한 두려움이 창업의도에 미치는 영향

  • Received : 2016.05.25
  • Accepted : 2016.06.30
  • Published : 2016.06.30
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Abstract

This study investigates the relationship between fear of failure of potential entrepreneur's psychological characteristics and entrepreneurial intentions using the mediation variables of planned behavior model. There are many existing prior research related to the entrepreneurial intentions, but they were mostly focused only entrepreneurial success factors. So in this study we focused on fear of failure of potential entrepreneur. To know the influence of the fear of failure related to entrepreneurial intention, we using the scale of PFAI (Performances Failure Appraisal Inventory). The purpose of this study is to examine an impact of fear of failure on entrepreneurial intention and add to mediating factors - attitude toward the acts, subjective norm, perceived behavior control - on the relationship between fear of failure and entrepreneurial intention. Also we examined entrepreneurial education as moderating effect in order to offset the fear of failure. In order to test research model, we collected data from 321 undergraduate students. To test the research questions and hypotheses, we employed SPSS 21.0 anf AMOS 18.0 for validity, reliability, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural model analysis. The results were as follows. First, the fear of failure negatively related to attitude toward the behavior and subjective norm. Second, attitude toward the behavior and subjective norm positively related to entrepreneurial intention in consistent with previous studies. Third, attitude toward the acts and subjective norm in TPB variables have full-mediation effects between fear of failure and intrepreneurial intention. Fourth, The moderating effects of entrepreneurial effect was not significant. The negative relationship between fear of failure and attitude toward the acts and subjective norm was even slightly stronger who have taken the entrepreneurial class group. We discuss the theoretical and managerial implications, and provide suggestions for future research.

본 연구에서는 예비창업자의 심리적 특성 중 실패에 대한 두려움이 계획된 행동모델의 변수들을 매개로 하여 미래의 창업의도에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. 창업의도와 관련된 기존의 선행연구들은 많이 있었으나 주로 창업성공에 영향을 미치는 요인, 창업의도를 높이는 요인을 중심으로 연구가 진행되고 있음을 발견하였다. 이에 본 연구에서는 실패에 대한 두려움이 기업가적 활동을 수행함에 있어 본질적으로 내재되어 있는 요인임에도 불구하고 상대적으로 연구에서는 소홀하게 다루어왔던 것에 주목하여 실패에 대한 두려움을 측정하는 PFAI(Performances Failure Appraisal Inventory) 척도를 사용, 예비창업자의 실패에 대한 두려움이 창업의도에 미치는 관계를 창업에 대한 태도, 주관적 규범, 행동통제 등을 매개로 한 실증적 관계를 규명하였다. 또한 실패에 대한 두려움을 상쇄시키는 역할로써 창업교육의 효과성을 살펴보았다. 이를 위해 서울 시내 대학생들을 중심으로 구조화된 설문지를 이용하여 자료를 수집하였고, 수집된 자료는 AMOS 18.0 프로그램을 사용하여 분석을 실시하였다. 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 실패에 대한 두려움은 창업에 대한 태도와 주관적 규범에 각각 부정적인 영향을 미쳤다. 둘째, 창업에 대한 태도와 주관적 규범은 창업의도에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타나 선행연구와 일치하는 결과를 보였다. 셋째, 실패에 대한 두려움은 창업의도에 직접적인 영향을 미치기보다는 계획된 행동모델의 구성요소인 창업에 대한 태도와 주관적 규범을 매개로 하여 각각 영향을 미침으로써 완전매개 효과를 나타내었다. 넷째, 창업교육이 실패에 대한 두려움과 창업의도와의 관계를 조절하는지 분석한 결과 창업교육을 수강한 집단에게서 실패에 대한 두려움이 창업에 대한 태도와 주관적 규범에 미치는 부정적인 영향이 미약하게 강화되는 것으로 나타났다.

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