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Gender-based differential item functioning in the application of the theory of planned behavior for the study of entrepreneurial intentions

Zabetakis Leonidas, Bakatsaki Maria, Litos Charalampos, Kafetsios, Konstantinos, Moustakis Vasilis

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URIhttp://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/A8257D9D-46CD-46D2-B684-1D33104F69EB-
Identifierhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00451/full-
Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00451-
Languageen-
TitleGender-based differential item functioning in the application of the theory of planned behavior for the study of entrepreneurial intentionsen
CreatorZabetakis Leonidasen
CreatorΖαμπετακης Λεωνιδαςel
CreatorBakatsaki Mariaen
CreatorΜπακατσακη Μαριαel
CreatorLitos Charalamposen
CreatorΛιτος Χαραλαμποςel
CreatorKafetsios, Konstantinosen
CreatorMoustakis Vasilisen
CreatorΜουστακης Βασιληςel
PublisherFrontiers Mediaen
Content SummaryOver the past years the percentage of female entrepreneurs has increased, yet it is still far below of that for males. Although various attempts have been made to explain differences in mens' and women's entrepreneurial attitudes and intentions, the extent to which those differences are due to self-report biases has not been yet considered. The present study utilized Differential Item Functioning (DIF) to compare men and women's reporting on entrepreneurial intentions. DIF occurs in situations where members of different groups show differing probabilities of endorsing an item despite possessing the same level of the ability that the item is intended to measure. Drawing on the theory of planned behavior (TPB), the present study investigated whether constructs such as entrepreneurial attitudes, perceived behavioral control, subjective norms and intention would show gender differences and whether these gender differences could be explained by DIF. Using DIF methods on a dataset of 1800 Greek participants (50.4% female) indicated that differences at the item-level are almost non-existent. Moreover, the differential test functioning (DTF) analysis, which allows assessing the overall impact of DIF effects with all items being taken into account simultaneously, suggested that the effect of DIF across all the items for each scale was negligible. Future research should consider that measurement invariance can be assumed when using TPB constructs for the study of entrepreneurial motivation independent of gender. en
Type of ItemPeer-Reviewed Journal Publicationen
Type of ItemΔημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτέςel
Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
Date of Item2018-05-18-
Date of Publication2017-
SubjectAttitudesen
SubjectDifferential item functioningen
SubjectEntrepreneurshipen
SubjectGender differencesen
SubjectIntentionsen
SubjectTheory of planned behavioren
Bibliographic CitationL. A. Zampetakis, M. Bakatsaki, C. Litos, K. G. Kafetsios and V. Moustakis, "Gender-based differential item functioning in the application of the theory of planned behavior for the study of entrepreneurial intentions," Front. Psychol., vol. 8, Mar. 2017. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00451en

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