Exploring the Role of Malaysian Student’s Intrapreneurial Self-Capital in the Relationship between Satisfaction with Life, Academic Performance, and Flourishing

Chua Bee Seok,Pan Lee Ching,Rosnah Ismail

doi:10.3390/su12020580

Abstract

Intrapreneurial self-capital is the construct coined by Di Fabio as a core of individual resources used to cope with career and life construction challenges. In this study, we used the model of Individual Differences in Evaluating Life Satisfaction (IDELS) to examine the mediating role of intrapreneurial self-capital in the relationship between life satisfaction and flourishing among Malaysian undergraduate students. The Intrapreneurial Self-Capital Scale (ISCS), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), and Flourishing Scale were administered to 665 undergraduate students from one of the public universities in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. The results reported a significant direct effect of student satisfaction with life to flourishing. A significant path coefficient was also found from satisfaction with life and student academic performance to intrapreneurial self-concept providing the support that student satisfaction with life and academic performance has a positive effect on their intrapreneurial self-concept. The coefficients from intrapreneurial self-concept to flourishing was also significant. This provides initial support that an intrapreneurial self-concept may have a positive mediating effect on the relationship between satisfaction with life, academic performance, and flourishing. We found that the indirect effects of satisfaction with life and academic performance on flourishing through intrapreneurial self-concept were significant. These results provided further support for the mediating effect of intrapreneurial self-concept. The analysis also that revealed satisfaction with life was significantly and positively related to flourishing. However, the finding showed no significant direct effect of student academic performance on flourishing.

Highlights

The global change affects the employment content, and organizations are most likely to encounter management conflict [1]
A non-significant path coefficient was found from academic performance to student flourishing (β = −0.01, p > 0.05)
This study has proven that intrapreneurial self-capital plays a role as a mediator between the satisfaction of life, academic performance, and flourishing

Summary

Introduction

The global change affects the employment content, and organizations are most likely to encounter management conflict [1]. Organizations need a preventive measure to tackle these challenges, otherwise they are prone to deal with human capital complexity. Undergraduates are vulnerable to stepping into the professional world. They venture into the non-school environment, expecting to work competently. Scholars question their flourishing towards life and career as they feel uncertain about how far their academic qualifications could help them shape their future after the completed studies [3]. The undergraduates require help in terms transitioning from student life to employment [4]. Delivering good scores is the road to success It is a question whether they are well prepared in terms of psychological well-being to venture into a new environment in life. A suggestion about a training focusing on intrapreneurial self-capital (ISC) is a promising resource to face the challenges of the 21st century [6]

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