Self-Efficacy in Disrupted Environments: COVID-19 as a Natural Experiment

Carsten Bergenholtz; Kim Klyver; Oana Vuculescu

doi:10.1177/10422587211046548

Self-Efficacy in Disrupted Environments: COVID-19 as a Natural Experiment

Carsten Bergenholtz^*, Kim Klyver, Oana Vuculescu

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Institut for Virksomhedsledelse

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Abstract

In two studies, we investigate whether the link between entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intentions depends on outcome expectations. In Study 1, we exploit the COVID-19-induced lockdown as a natural experiment in a two-wave student sample. We compare the efficacy–intention link in survey responses submitted right before and right after the lockdown. In Study 2, we conceptually replicate and extend the findings via an online vignette experiment. Together, these studies show that a disruption of stable institutionalized outcome expectations implying increasing risk and uncertainty makes self-efficacy a weaker predictor of entrepreneurial intentions, particularly among those with pessimistic perceptions.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice
Vol/bind	47
Nummer	3
Sider (fra-til)	724-750
Antal sider	27
ISSN	1042-2587
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587211046548
Status	Udgivet - maj 2023

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