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

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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The Impact of Perception of Entrepreneurial Opportunity on the Entrepreneurial Intention: Focusing on Positive Psychological Capital

창업기회인식이 창업의도에 미치는 영향에 관한 탐색적 연구: 긍정심리자본의 매개효과를 중심으로

  • Jang, Hyeon Cheol (Graduate School of Global Entrepreneurship, Kookmin University) ;
  • Kim, Jong Sung (Graduate School of Global Entrepreneurship, Kookmin University)
  • 장현철 (국민대학교 글로벌창업벤처대학원) ;
  • 김종성 (국민대학교 글로벌창업벤처대학원)
  • Received : 2021.11.08
  • Accepted : 2021.12.24
  • Published : 2021.12.31
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Abstract

Recently, as the domestic job problem has become serious, government ministries are investing a lot of budgets to encourage startups by prospective entrepreneurs. What is important to the success of startups is the recognition of various startup opportunities before starting a startup, and the experience through trial. However, in reality, prospective entrepreneurs recognize and seek various startup opportunities through support such as startup education and initial commercialization funds through various government supported projects, but it is difficult to actually start a business. Previous studies have revealed that the recognition of entrepreneurial opportunities affects entrepreneurial intentions by various variables such as gender, but research is insufficient on what kind of black box exists between the recognition of entrepreneurial opportunities and entrepreneurial intentions. The purpose of this study is to emphasize the importance of positive psychological capital as a major method for improving the entrepreneurial intention, and to analyze exploratorily whether positive psychological capital plays a mediating role between the recognition of entrepreneurial opportunities and the entrepreneurial intention. As a result of the study, it was confirmed that the recognition of startup opportunities affects the intention to start a business, and positive psychological capital has a mediating effect between the recognition of the startup opportunity and the intention to start a business. This means that positive psychological capital is important in order to lead to actual entrepreneurial intentions after recognizing a startup opportunity. Therefore, in order to revitalize the startups of prospective entrepreneurs in the current startup ecosystem, it is necessary to prepare a plan to improve the recognition of startup opportunities and positive psychological capital.

최근 국내 일자리 문제가 심각해지면서 정부 부처에서는 많은 예산을 투입하여, 예비창업자의 창업을 장려하고 있다. 창업의 성공에 중요한 것은 창업을 시작하기 전 다양한 창업기회인식, 시도를 통한 경험인데, 예비창업자들은 정부 부처에서 진행하고 있는 다양한 창업 교육을 통해 기회인식에 관한 경험을 수행하고 있다. 그러나 실제 예비창업자들은 다양한 정부 지원 사업을 통해 창업 교육, 초기 사업화 자금 등의 지원을 통해 다양한 창업기회를 인식·모색 하지만 실제 창업으로 이루어지는 것은 현실적으로 어렵다. 선행연구에서는 창업기회인식이 성별 등 다양한 변수에 의해 창업의도에 영향을 미치고 있다고 밝히고 있으나, 창업기회인식과 창업의도 사이에서 어떤 블랙박스가 존재하는지에 연구는 부족한 상황이다. 본 연구의 목적은 창업의도를 향상하기 위한 주요한 방법으로 긍정심리자본의 중요성을 강조하고, 긍정심리자본이 창업기회인식과 창업의도 사이에서 매개적인 역할을 하고 있는지 탐색적으로 분석하는데 있다. 연구 결과 창업기회인식이 창업의도에 영향을 미치고, 창업기회인식과 창업의도 사이에서 긍정심리자본이 매개효과가 있다는 것을 확인하였다. 이는 창업기회를 인식 후에 이것이 실제 창업의도로 이어지려면 긍정심리자본이 중요하다는 의미이다. 따라서 현재 창업생태계에 있는 예비창업자들의 창업을 활성화하기 위해서는 창업기회인식과 긍정심리자본을 향상 시킬 수 있는 방안을 마련해야겠다.

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