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

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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A Study on the Relationship among Religious Commitment, Individual Traits, and Entrepreneurial Intentions of College Students in Korea

대학생의 종교몰입과 개인특성이 창업의지에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구

  • Received : 2015.12.03
  • Accepted : 2016.06.30
  • Published : 2016.08.31
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Abstract

Religion can affect on every day lives of individuals in society. Also, religion can affect on personal networks and the formation of a social culture that may lead to influence individual decision makers. Religion can influence values and ethics of people in society. However, according to the secularization hypothesis, as an economy becomes more efficient and the members of a society becomes more educated, the influence and control of religion over people tend to become diminished more. How is religion related with entrepreneurship? There are not so many empirical studies that examine relationship between religion and entrepreneurship. The purpose of this article is that we empirically examine how religious commitment, in addition to individual traits such as need for achievement, perceived creativity, problem solving ability and entrepreneurial parents or friends. Our study is based on survey sample of 229 college students in Korea. The results we found are as follows. First, religious commitment does not have effect on entrepreneurial intention. Also, religion commitment has no relationship with need for achievement, perceived creativity, problem solving ability, and entrepreneurial parents or friends. Second, consistent with previous studies, need for achievement and entrepreneurial parents or friends have meaningful effect on entrepreneurial intention. Third, perceived creativity is a full mediation variable between need for achievement and entrepreneurial intention.

종교는 개인과 사회에 지대한 영향을 미치는 것으로 알려져 있다. 종교는 네트워크 형성과 사회문화 형성에 영향을 미쳐 개인의 의사결정에 간접적으로 영향을 줄 수 있다. 또, 종교의 가르침은 윤리적 가치관에 영향을 미쳐 개인의 의사결정에 직접적으로 영향을 줄 수 있다. 하지만, 세속화 가설에 의하면 사회가 효율화되고 구성원에 대한 교육수준이 증대할수록 종교의 통제력과 사회영향력은 떨어지게 된다고 한다. 종교와 창업의지 간에는 어떤 연관성이 있을까? 종교와 개인의 창업의사결정 간의 관계를 실증 연구한 논문은 많지 않다. 본 논문의 목적은 선행연구에서 확인된 성취동기, 문제해결력, 창업자 부모 및 친구 등과 같은 개인특성 변수와 아울러 종교몰입이 창업의지에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 실증적으로 분석하는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 총 229명의 대학생들을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하여 분석하였다. 본 연구를 통해 확인된 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 종교몰입은 창업의지에 영향을 미치지 않은 것으로 나타났다. 또, 종교몰입은 창업의지에 전통적으로 영향을 주고 있는 개인특성 변수인 성취동기, 창업자 부모 및 친구, 문제해결력 등과 전혀 상관관계가 없었다. 둘째, 선행연구와 마찬가지로 성취동기, 창업자 부모 및 친구는 창업의지에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 성취동기와 창업의지 간의 관계에 있어서 창의성은 완전매개효과를 가지는 것으로 조사되었다.

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