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The current research developed a model which included Entrepreneurship Motivation (EM) as a higher order construct that consists of twelve first order indicators (need for achievement, need for autonomy, need for affiliation, need for power, subjective norms, attitude toward becoming entrepreneur, perceived behavioral control, governance motive, financial motive, economic motive, creativity and risk taking) and considered EM as an independent variable for Entrepreneurial Intention (EI). The current research methodology employed a quantitative approach, in which data were administrated and gathered via an online and face-to-face survey with entrepreneurs in Jordan; 221 surveys were collected, the data were later tested using a (SEM) via AMOS program. The findings of this research showed that need for achievement, need for autonomy, need for affiliation, need for power, subjective norms, attitude toward becoming entrepreneur, PBC, financial motive, creativity, and risk taking are considered as indicators for EM, whereas governance motive and economic motive were not indicators for EM.
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Al Deir, C., Al Khasawneh, M., Abuhashesh, M., Masa’deh, R., Ahmad, A.M. (2023). A Development of a Newly Constructed Model Related to the Impact of Entrepreneurial Motivation on Entrepreneurial Intention. In: Alshurideh, M., Al Kurdi , B.H., Masa’deh, R., Alzoubi , H.M., Salloum, S. (eds) The Effect of Information Technology on Business and Marketing Intelligence Systems. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 1056. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12382-5_86
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