청년층 예비창업자의 창업 시도 억제요인에 관한 연구

This paper seeks to explain inhibiting factors of university students (pre-entrepreneurs) in a starting business. To solve this research problem, a literature review on entrepreneurial behavior and related studies was performed after which a model was developed to study the relationships between Lurking Intention, Apathy, Fear of Failure, Lack of Competency, Self-efficacy, Innovativeness and Risk Aversion. Using collected data from 101 university students, Partial Least Square modeling analysis was conducted. Test results showed that fear of failure, apathy, lack of competency directly affect the lurking intention to engage in entrepreneurship. Moreover, Self-efficacy, innovativeness and risk aversion of pre-entrepreneurs indirectly influence lurking intention via fear of failure, apathy and lack of competency except the relationship of innovativeness and apathy. These findings demonstrate the mediating role of fear of failure, apathy and lack of competency in translating the effects of inhibiting factors into entrepreneurial intentions. This study extends the entrepreneurial intention literature by introducing a multilevel perspective in understanding the factors contributing to the intent to start a business. Furthermore, this study introduces inhibiting factors in the study of entrepreneurship. The results of this study will contribute to policy formulation that facilitate business start-up behavior for future entrepreneurs.