African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4190

Full Length Research Paper

Career decision-making self-efficacy as a moderator in the relationships of entrepreneurial career intention with emotional intelligence and cultural intelligence

Zhou Jiang1 and Dong Soo Park2*
1Faculty of Business and Economics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. 2School of Business Administration, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, South Korea
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 01 September 2011
  •  Published: 01 August 2012

Abstract

Although, previous studies have provided some evidence that emotional intelligence (EQ) and cultural intelligence (CQ) can affect people’s intention to engage inentrepreneurial activities, few have focused on the impact of EQ and CQ on entrepreneurial career intentions (ECI). Based on the data collected from university students in China and Korea, the present study investigates the relationships of ECIwith EQ and CQ, and the moderating role of career decision-making self-efficacy inthese relationships. The results indicate that ECI is positively related to one aspectof EQ (the use of emotions), two aspects of CQ (meta-cognitive and cognitive), and three of the five dimensions of career decision-making self-efficacy (CDMSE)(planning for the future (PF, problem solving (PS) and gathering occupational information (OI)). Further, CDMSE’s moderating roles in the relationships of ECI with EQ and CQ were found.

 

Key words: Emotional intelligence, cultural intelligence, decision-making self-efficacy, entrepreneurial career intention.

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