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

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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An Exploratory Study on the Moderated Role of Cognitive Style in Entrepreneurial Process

기업가적 과정에서 인지양식의 조절적 역할에 대한 탐색적 연구

  • 김대업 (경상대학교 경영학과) ;
  • 성창수 (동국대학교 기술창업학과)
  • Received : 2017.07.03
  • Accepted : 2017.08.24
  • Published : 2017.08.31
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Abstract

The most important points in the field of entrepreneurship research are new venture creation and behaviors for start-up venture. Most of past researches are limited to the formation of entrepreneurial intention, and researches on entrepreneurial activities, specifically nascent entrepreneurial behavior, have not been studied well. In this study, we view entrepreneurial process as gestation process from entrepreneurial intention to nascent entrepreneurial activities, and identify the moderating effects of cognitive style, which is the way of thinking about the information in entrepreneurial process. In addition, we find the moderating effects of cognitive style on the relationships between perceived barriers and support in environmental factors and nascent entrepreneurial activities. Subjects of this study are potential entrepreneurs. So we selected university students who are taking venture start-up course, conducted a survey, collected 367 questionnaires. In statistical test, we applied PLS-SEM for testing hypotheses because CB-SEM is too sensitive to test more than two moderating effects in th research model. As a result of the analysis, it was found that entrepreneurial intention, cognitive planning style, cognitive creative style, perceived support had a significant effect on nascent entrepreneurial behavior. The results of the analysis of the moderating effects of cognitive style which are the hypotheses in the research are as follows. First, the cognitive planning style did not have a significant moderating effect on the relationship between entrepreneurial intention and nascent entrepreneurial activities. Second, in the relationship between perceived barriers and nascent entrepreneurial activity, cognitive planning style did not have significant moderating effect, and cognitive creating style had significant negative moderating effect. Third, in the relationship between perceive support and nascent entrepreneurial activity, cognitive planning style had significant positive moderating effect, and cognitive creating style did not have significant moderating effect.

기업가정신 연구 영역에 있어서 가장 중요한 핵심은 창업이며 창업이 이루어지기 위한 행동이 초점이다. 기존의 연구들은 대부분 창업의도의 형성에만 국한되어 있으며 창업행위, 구체적으로 초기 기업가적 행동에 대한 연구는 부족한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 기업가적 과정을 창업의도에서 초기 기업가적 행동인 창업잉태과정으로 규정하고, 이 과정에서 잠재적 창업가들의 정보를 처리하는 사고방식인 인지양식의 조절효과를 규명하는 것과 환경적 요소들 중 창업에 대한 지각된 장벽과 지각된 지원 역시 초기 기업가적 행동에 영향을 미치는 과정에서 인지양식의 조절효과를 살펴보는 것을 목적으로 한다. 잠재적 창업가에 대하여 본 연구는 창업교육과정을 이수하고 있는 대학생들을 선정하였고 설문조사를 실시하여 총 367부의 표본을 확보하고 PLS 구조방정식을 적용시켜 가설을 검정하였다. 분석결과, 창업의도, 인지적 계획양식, 인지적 창의양식, 지각된 지원은 초기 기업가적 행동에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 가설검정의 대상인 인지양식의 조절효과에 대한 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 창업의도와 초기 기업가적 행동 간의 영향관계에 있어서 인지적 계획양식은 유의한 조절효과를 미치지 못하였으며 인지적 창의양식은 유의한 정의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 지각된 장벽과 초기 기업가적 행동 간의 영향관계에 있어서 인지적 계획양식은 유의한 조절효과를 미치지 못하였고, 인지적 창의양식은 유의한 부의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 지각된 지원과 초기 기업가적 행동 간의 영향관계에 있어서 인지적 계획양식은 유의한 정의 조절효과를 미쳤으며 인지적 창의양식은 유의한 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다.

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