PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to extend the current literature on international entrepreneurial careers by employing the structural equation modeling (SEM) technique. It mainly aims at identifying determinants of international entrepreneurial intentions among young people and after their first employment experience in Lebanon.Design/methodology/approachThe paper uses SEM on a sample of 150 young Lebanese employees to analyze the relationships among the model constructs.FindingsThe SEM broadly holds and adequately fits the data. The entrepreneurship context and the motivation of young employees are the variables that positively affect entrepreneurial intentions. Entrepreneurship education and social norms have no statistically significant impact. Finally, risk awareness and professional experience are the variables that negatively affect entrepreneurial intentions. The level of international entrepreneurial intentions among young Lebanese employees is relatively low, which may be justified by the bad economic and political situation.Research limitations/implicationsData were drawn from organizations located in a specific geographical area, namely, Lebanon. Thus, this may constrain the generalizability as well as causality of the results.Originality/valueThis study provides an empirical explanation of having an international entrepreneurial career after the first employment experience, with a sample of 150 young employees in Lebanon. By applying the SEM, this study developed a multi-perspective framework covering various factors that may affect the choice of an international career in entrepreneurship, especially after the first job experience. Even though this study's results reflect a particular case, its recommendations could facilitate the achievement of better learning outcomes.

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第一次工作经历后国际创业生涯背后的动机

目的本文的目的是通过采用结构方程模型（SEM）技术来扩展当前有关国际创业生涯的文献。它主要旨在确定年轻人国际创业意愿的决定因素以及他们在黎巴嫩的第一次就业经历。设计/方法/方法本文使用 SEM 对 150 名黎巴嫩年轻雇员的样本进行分析，分析模型结构之间的关系。持有并充分拟合数据。创业环境和年轻员工的动机是正向影响创业意愿的变量。创业教育和社会规范在统计上没有显着影响。最后，风险意识和专业经验是对创业意向产生负面影响的变量。黎巴嫩年轻雇员的国际创业意愿水平相对较低，这可能是由于糟糕的经济和政治形势所证明的。研究限制/影响数据来自位于特定地理区域的组织，即黎巴嫩。因此，这可能会限制结果的普遍性和因果关系。原创性/价值本研究以黎巴嫩的 150 名年轻雇员为样本，提供了第一次就业经历后拥有国际创业生涯的实证解释。通过应用 SEM，这项研究制定了一个多视角框架，涵盖了可能影响国际创业职业选择的各种因素，尤其是在第一次工作经历之后。尽管这项研究的结果反映了一个特定案例，但其建议可以促进实现更好的学习成果。