Employees’ Entrepreneurial Dreams and Turnover Intention to Start-Up: The Moderating Role of Job Embeddedness
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theory and Hypothesis
2.1. Employees’ Entrepreneurial Dreams and Turnover Intention to Start-Up
2.2. Mediating Mechanisms of Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy
2.3. Moderation Mechanisms for Job Embeddedness
3. Research Methodology
3.1. Study 1 Method
3.1.1. Sample and Procedure
3.1.2. Measures
3.1.3. Results
3.1.4. Discussion
3.2. Study 2 Method
3.2.1. Sample and Procedure
3.2.2. Results
3.2.3. Discussion
4. Conclusions
4.1. Research Findings
4.2. Theoretical Contributions
4.3. Empirical Implications
4.4. Limitations and Prospects
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A. Measures
- A.
- Entrepreneurial Dreams
Hardly | Seldom | Sometimes | Frequently | Always | |
I often think about my alter ego, such as becoming an entrepreneur | |||||
I often think about what my life would have been like if I had taken the “alternative path” (such as becoming an entrepreneur) | |||||
I often reflect on how things would have been different if I had become an entrepreneur |
- B.
- Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy
Strongly Disagree | Don’t Agree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly Agree | |
I think I am capable of solving problems. | |||||
I think I can make decisions. | |||||
I think I have the ability to manage money. | |||||
I think I am creative. | |||||
I can get people to agree with me. | |||||
I can be a leader. |
- C.
- Job Embeddedness
Strongly Disagree | Don’t Agree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly Agree | |
I feel a sense of belonging to this organization. | |||||
It’s difficult for me to leave this organization. | |||||
I am so attracted to this organization that I cannot leave | |||||
I feel tied to this organization | |||||
I cannot leave the organization I work for at all | |||||
I am so connected to this organization | |||||
It is easy for me to leave this organization |
- D.
- Turnover Intention to Start-Up
Strongly Disagree | Don’t Agree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly Agree | |
I will leave my company as soon as I can find a better entrepreneurial opportunity | |||||
I am actively looking for entrepreneurial opportunities | |||||
I am seriously considering quitting my job to start my own business | |||||
I often think about quitting my current job to start a business | |||||
I think I will be working here in five years rather than starting a business |
Variable | Category | Counts (Person) | Frequency (%) | Cumulative Frequency (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 91 | 54 | 54 |
Female | 107 | 46 | 100 | |
Age | 25 and under | 81 | 40.9 | 40.9 |
26~35 | 71 | 35.9 | 76.8 | |
36~45 | 32 | 16.2 | 92.9 | |
45 and above | 14 | 7.1 | 100 | |
Education | Junior high and below | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
High school or technical secondary school | 23 | 11.6 | 14.1 | |
junior college degree | 45 | 22.7 | 36.9 | |
bachelor’s degree | 111 | 56.1 | 92.9 | |
master’s degree | 14 | 7.1 | 100 | |
Worktime | The following 1 year | 56 | 28.3 | 28.3 |
1–3 years | 53 | 26.8 | 55.1 | |
3–5 years | 33 | 16.7 | 71.7 | |
5–10 years | 29 | 14.6 | 86.4 | |
More than ten years | 27 | 13.6 | 100 | |
Worktime with leader | The following 1 year | 66 | 33.3 | 33.3 |
1–3 years | 56 | 28.3 | 61.6 | |
3–5 years | 37 | 18.7 | 80.3 | |
5–10 years | 23 | 11.6 | 91.9 | |
More than ten years | 16 | 8.4 | 100 |
Variable | Category | Counts (Person) | Frequency (%) | Cumulative Frequency (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 97 | 42.7 | 42.7 |
Female | 130 | 57.3 | 100 | |
Age | 25 and under | 33 | 14.5 | 14.5 |
26~35 | 68 | 30.0 | 44.5 | |
36~45 | 59 | 26.0 | 70.5 | |
45 and above | 67 | 29.5 | 100 | |
Education | Junior high and below | 11 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
High school or technical secondary school | 24 | 10.6 | 15.4 | |
junior college degree | 60 | 26.4 | 41.9 | |
bachelor’s degree | 109 | 48.0 | 89.9 | |
master’s degree | 23 | 10.1 | 100 | |
Worktime | The following 1 year | 32 | 14.1 | 14.1 |
1–3 years | 50 | 22.0 | 36.1 | |
3–5 years | 31 | 13.7 | 49.8 | |
5–10 years | 32 | 14.1 | 63.9 | |
More than ten years | 82 | 36.1 | 100 | |
Worktime with leader | The following 1 year | 38 | 16.7 | 16.7 |
1–3 years | 57 | 25.1 | 41.9 | |
3–5 years | 49 | 21.6 | 63.4 | |
5–10 years | 37 | 16.3 | 79.7 | |
More than ten years | 46 | 20.3 | 100 |
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Models | χ2/df | CFI | TLI | RMSEA | SRMR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Four-factor model | 1.83 | 0.941 | 0.932 | 0.065 | 0.065 |
Three factors 1 (ED + ESE, JE, TISU) | 2.63 | 0.759 | 0.730 | 0.123 | 0.130 |
Three factors 2 (ED, ESE + JE, TISU) | 3.22 | 0.672 | 0.632 | 0.143 | 0.163 |
Three factors 3 (ED, ESE, JE + TISU) | 2.98 | 0.708 | 0.672 | 0.135 | 0.128 |
Two-factor model | 3.70 | 0.596 | 0.551 | 0.158 | 0.151 |
One-factor model | 5.02 | 0.397 | 0.333 | 0.193 | 0.194 |
Variable | M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Entrepreneurial dreams | 3.06 | 1.02 | ||||
2. Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy | 3.79 | 0.67 | 0.267 ** | |||
3. Job Embeddedness | 3.43 | 0.82 | 0.26 ** | 0.165 * | ||
4. Turnover Intention to Start-Up | 2.59 | 0.72 | 0.195 ** | 0.054 | −0.055 |
Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy | Turnover Intention to Start-Up | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Predicator | M1 | M2 | M3 | M4 | M5 | M6 | M7 | M8 | ||||||||
β | SE | β | SE | β | SE | β | SE | β | SE | β | SE | β | SE | β | SE | |
gender | −0.162 | 0.094 | −0.109 | 0.092 | −0.251 * | 0.103 | −0.214 * | 0.104 | −0.216 * | 0.104 | −0.220 * | 0.103 | −0.229 * | 0.103 | −0.198 | 0.102 |
age | −0.103 | 0.081 | −0.064 | 0.079 | −0.11 | 0.089 | −0.082 | 0.089 | −0.084 | 0.089 | −0.092 | 0.088 | −0.129 | 0.088 | −0.106 | 0.087 |
education | 0.170 ** | 0.060 | 0.163 ** | 0.058 | 0.018 | 0.066 | 0.014 | 0.065 | 0.017 | 0.066 | 0.007 | 0.066 | 0.019 | 0.066 | 0.017 | 0.065 |
YW | 0.179 * | 0.073 | 0.171 * | 0.071 | 0.068 | 0.081 | 0.063 | 0.080 | 0.067 | 0.081 | 0.087 | 0.081 | 0.075 | 0.081 | 0.086 | 0.080 |
YWL | −0.026 | 0.076 | −0.036 | 0.074 | −0.040 | 0.084 | −0.046 | 0.083 | −0.047 | 0.083 | −0.032 | 0.083 | −0.004 | 0.083 | −0.009 | 0.082 |
ED | 0.158 *** | 0.045 | 0.112 * | 0.050 | 0.116 * | 0.052 | 0.141 * | 0.053 | 0.133 * | 0.052 | ||||||
ESE | −0.022 | 0.080 | −0.014 | 0.079 | 0.092 | 0.081 | 0.045 | 0.0882 | ||||||||
JE | −0.125 | 0.071 | −0.083 | 0.068 | −0.130 | 0.070 | ||||||||||
ESE × JE | −0.126 * | 0.049 | −0.119 * | 0.048 | ||||||||||||
R2 | 0.093 | 0.147 | 0.042 | 0.066 | 0.066 | 0.081 | 0.079 | 0.108 | ||||||||
ΔR2 | 0.054 | 0.024 | 0 | 0.015 | −0.002 | 0.029 |
Indirect Effect | |||||
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Moderator | Level | Effect Size | SE | BootLLCI | BootULCI |
Job Embeddedness | Low (M − SD) | 0.035 | 0.024 | −0.001 | 0.095 |
High (M + SD) | −0.021 | 0.019 | −0.067 | 0.010 | |
Difference | −0.056 | 0.032 | −0.132 | −0.006 |
Model | χ2 | df | Δχ2 | RMSEA | CFI | TLI | SRMR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
four-factor model | 402.609 ** | 183 | — | 0.073 | 0.948 | 0.940 | 0.064 |
three-factor model 1 (ESE + JE) | 1671.908 ** | 186 | 1269.299 | 0.188 | 0.645 | 0.600 | 0.174 |
three-factor model 2 (ED + ESE) | 921.987 ** | 186 | 519.378 | 0.132 | 0.824 | 0.802 | 0.106 |
two-factor model (ED + ESE, JE + TISU) | 2301.372 ** | 188 | 1898.763 | 0.223 | 0.496 | 0.437 | 0.233 |
one-factor model | 3001.923 ** | 189 | 2599.314 | 0.256 | 0.329 | 0.254 | 0.216 |
M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. gender | 1.570 | 0.496 | |||||||||
2. age | 2.700 | 1.046 | −0.040 | ||||||||
3. Education | 3.480 | 0.979 | −0.113 | −0.28 ** | |||||||
4. YW | 3.360 | 1.500 | −0.095 | 0.711 ** | −0.170 * | ||||||
5. YWL | 2.980 | 1.379 | −0.076 | 0.653 ** | −0.171 * | 0.850 ** | |||||
6. ED | 3.210 | 1.064 | −0.048 | −0.181 ** | −0.020 | −0.077 | −0.050 | (0.933) | |||
7. ESE | 3.690 | 0.770 | −0.113 | 0.079 | −0.118 | 0.096 | 0.111 | 0.394 ** | (0.931) | ||
8. TISU | 2.830 | 0.770 | −0.003 | −0.154 * | −0.099 | −0.125 | −0.124 | 0.33 ** | 0.303 ** | (0.805) | |
9. JE | 3.430 | 0.883 | 0.009 | 0.115 | −0.150 * | 0.118 | 0.138 * | 0.22 ** | 0.244 ** | −0.084 | (0.905) |
Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy | Turnover Intention to Start-Up | |||||||||||||||
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Predicator | M1 | M2 | M3 | M4 | M5 | M6 | M7 | M8 | ||||||||
β | SE | β | SE | β | SE | β | SE | β | SE | β | SE | β | SE | β | SE | |
Intercept | 4.204 ** | 0.330 | 2.952 ** | 0.356 | 3.748 ** | 0.329 | 2.803 ** | 0.368 | 2.139 ** | 0.410 | 2.533 ** | 0.419 | 2.73 ** | 0.200 | 2.462 ** | 0.413 |
gender | −0.188 | 0.103 | −0.150 | 0.094 | −0.047 | 0.102 | −0.019 | 0.097 | 0.015 | 0.095 | 0.025 | 0.093 | 0.062 | 0.096 | 0.068 | 0.093 |
age | −0.016 | 0.071 | 0.071 | 0.066 | −0.131 | 0.070 | −0.065 | 0.068 | −0.081 | 0.067 | −0.072 | 0.065 | −0.131 * | 0.065 | −0.078 | 0.064 |
education | −0.095 | 0.054 | −0.0677 | 0.049 | 0.0125 * | 0.054 | −0.103 * | 0.051 | −0.088 | 0.050 | −0.103 * | 0.049 | −0.114 * | 0.050 | −0.110 * | 0.048 |
YW | −0.003 | 0.069 | −0.008 | 0.063 | 0.080 | 0.069 | 0.004 | 0.066 | 0.066 | 0.064 | 0.005 | 0.063 | 0.008 | 0.063 | 0.004 | 0.061 |
YWL | 0.057 | 0.070 | 0.034 | 0.064 | −0.028 | 0.069 | −0.046 | 0.066 | −0.053 | 0.065 | −0.044 | 0.063 | −0.047 | 0.064 | −0.040 | 0.062 |
ED | 0.295 ** | 0.044 | 0.222 ** | 0.046 | 0.156 ** | 0.049 | 0.181 ** | 0.048 | 0.183 ** | 0.048 | ||||||
ESE | 0.225 ** | 0.067 | 0.256 ** | 0.066 | 0.342 ** | 0.062 | 0.249 ** | 0.065 | ||||||||
JE | −0.176 ** | 0.054 | −0.106 | 0.056 | −0.139 * | 0.055 | ||||||||||
ESE × JE | −0.134 ** | 0.048 | −0.136 ** | 0.047 | ||||||||||||
R2 | 0.037 | 0.194 ** | 0.048 | 0.137 ** | 0.178 ** | 0.214 ** | 0.193 ** | 0.242 ** | ||||||||
ΔR2 | 0.157 | 0.089 | 0.041 | 0.036 | −0.021 | 0.077 |
Indirect Effect | |||||
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Moderator | Level | Effect Size | SE | BootLLCI | BootULCI |
Job Embeddedness | Low (M − SD) | 0.125 ** | 0.030 | 0.074 | 0.194 |
High (M + SD) | 0.022 | 0.037 | −0.046 | 0.102 | |
Difference | −0.103 * | 0.045 | −0.196 | −0.016 |
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Li, M.; Li, J.; Chen, X. Employees’ Entrepreneurial Dreams and Turnover Intention to Start-Up: The Moderating Role of Job Embeddedness. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 9360. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159360
Li M, Li J, Chen X. Employees’ Entrepreneurial Dreams and Turnover Intention to Start-Up: The Moderating Role of Job Embeddedness. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(15):9360. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159360
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Mingze, Jiaze Li, and Xiaofang Chen. 2022. "Employees’ Entrepreneurial Dreams and Turnover Intention to Start-Up: The Moderating Role of Job Embeddedness" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 15: 9360. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159360