The Effects of Knowledge about Establishing a Business and Job Stress on the Willingness To Be an Entrepreneur

Abstract

It has been established that entrepreneurial knowledge and job stress are related to entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial intentions. However, the effects of job stress and knowledge about establishing a business on the willingness to be an entrepreneur are under-researched. The aim of this research is to examine both of these effects and to determine whether job stress moderates the relationship between knowledge about establishing a business and the willingness to be an entrepreneur. Data from 472 whitecollar employees is used in hierarchical multiple regression analysis. The results show that both knowledge about establishing a business and job stress are positively related to the willingness to be an entrepreneur. Moreover, job stress negatively moderates the relationship between knowledge about establishing a business and the willingness to be an entrepreneur.