TABLE 3.

Descriptive statistics and correlations among the variables.

Variables	Mean	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1 Gender	1.44	0.50
2 Age	2.41	1.29	–0.10
3 Education background	3.10	0.72	0.04	−0.37**
4 Experience in the start-up	2.20	0.84	−0.13*	0.21**	−0.29**
5 Entrepreneurial self-efficacy	3.83	0.58	–0.11	0.13*	–0.03	0.10
6 Job satisfaction	3.47	0.70	–0.02	0.06	0.05	–0.08	0.42**
7 Innovation behavior	3.87	0.60	–0.04	0.18**	–0.11	0.07	0.51**	0.56**
8 Zhongyong thinking	3.98	0.42	–0.02	0.09	–0.08	0.08	0.46**	0.43**	0.51**

N = 249. *Correlation is significant at the level of 0.05 (two-tailed). **Correlation is significant at the level of 0.01 (two-tailed). Gender: male = 1, female = 2. Age: ≤ 25 = 1, 26–30 = 2, 31–35 = 3, 36–40 = 4, ≥ 41 = 5. Education background: high school and below = 1; diploma = 2; bachelor = 3; master and above = 4. Experience in the start-up: ≤ 1 year = 1, 1–5 years = 2, ≥ 5 years = 3.