Curiosity as a moderating variable between Impulsivity and Entrepreneurial Orientation

  1. Boada-Grau, Joan 1
  2. Vallejo-Vélez, Mauricio 2
  3. Serrano-Fernández, María-José 3
  4. Sánchez-García, José Carlos 4
  5. Boada-Cuerva, Maria 1
  6. Assens-Serra, Jordi 5
  7. Vigil-Colet, Andreu 1
  1. 1 Universitat Rovira i Virgili
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    Universitat Rovira i Virgili

    Tarragona, España

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  2. 2 Universidad de Medellín
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    Universidad de Medellín

    Medellín, Colombia

    ROR https://ror.org/030kw0b65

  3. 3 Faculty of Education Sciences and Psychology. Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Tarragona
  4. 4 Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
  5. 5 EADA, Business School
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Journal:
Anales de psicología

ISSN: 0212-9728,  1695-2294

Year of publication: 2021

Volume: 37

Issue: 2

Pages: 334-340

Type: Article

DOI: 10.6018/ANALESPS.421621 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDIGITUM editor

More publications in: Anales de psicología

Abstract

The objective of the present study is to analyze whether the variable Curiosity is a moderating variable between Impulsivity and Entrepreneurial Orientation. The multi-occupational sample of 883 Spanish and Colombian employees (49% men, 51% women) was obtained through non-probabilistic sampling. The data collected were processed with the SPSS 23.0 program. Statistically significant correlations were found among all the research variables except for Functional Impulsivity. Finally, empirical evidence indicates that Curiosity-D plays a moderating role between Dysfunctional Impulsivity and Entrepreneurial Orientation in the sense that Curiosity-D (understood as a quantitative variable) affects the intensity of the relationship between Dysfunctional Impulsivity (predictor variable) and Entrepreneurial Orientation (criterion variable).

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