Chinese students entrepreneurial career anchors, self-cultivation and the role of in-group collectivist values and gender: a conservation of resources perspective

McCabe, Thomas, J., Garavan, Thomas, N., Carbery, Ronan, Greeley, Sarah and Song, Haiyan (2023) Chinese students entrepreneurial career anchors, self-cultivation and the role of in-group collectivist values and gender: a conservation of resources perspective. Human Resource Development International. ISSN 1367-8868

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Abstract

Using Conservation of Resources theory (COR) as our conceptual framework we investigate the relationship between the entrepreneurial career anchor (ECA) and self-cultivation (SC) values of Chinese business students. We additionally examine the moderating role of in-group collectivist values (IGVs) and the interaction of IGVs and gender in this relationship. Based on survey data from 643 undergraduate students attending a university in northern coastal China we found a positive relationship between ECA and SC. We also found that IGVs, in combination with gender as a covariate, moderated this relationship. Our study contributes to the international HRD literature by emphasising prospective graduates as a source of entrepreneurship, and the salience of the ECA in promoting self-cultivation. This is accentuated through IGVs and gender. Our findings have significant implications for international HRD education and the development of prospective graduates.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	COR theory; entrepreneurial career anchor; self-cultivation; in-group collectivist values; gender; prospective graduates
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Issues of Labour and Work > Classes of Labour > Graduate Employment H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management > Human Resource Management H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Issues of Labour and Work > Classes of Labour > Women and Work
Divisions:	School of Business > Staff Research and Publications
Depositing User:	Tamara Malone
Date Deposited:	20 Jan 2024 14:30
Last Modified:	20 Jan 2024 14:34
URI:	https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/6938

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