Entrepreneurship education and its impact on the entrepreneurship career intentions: A Study of Algerian Students’ Entrepreneurial Intentions and Opportunity Identification (case study Université Amar Telidji)

Abstract

Purpose - This study aims towards investigating the impact of entrepreneurship education by meansof variables that include: attitudes toward entrepreneurial behavior, personal standards and perceivedbehavioral control and on the basis of entrepreneurship career intentions of students from the Facultyof Economic Sciences, Business Sciences and Management Sciences at Laghouat University.Design/methodology - Depending on the design of a questionnaire directed at (46) for randomlyselected students, the study examines the extent to which students intend to participate inentrepreneurship in the near future. The Spearman correlation test and regression analysis were usedto test the relationships between entrepreneurship education and the entrepreneurship career intentionsto activate the components of planned behavior theory. Findings – It has been found thatentrepreneurship education had a positive correlation with the entrepreneurial intentions ofentrepreneurship. In addition, the results largely proved the validity of the planned behavior theory asan invaluable instructional tool for academics and trainers. It also assessed policy makers seeking tofind effective ways to promote the process of creating potential entrepreneurs. Recommendations -Ifone is to stimulate entrepreneurship in the educational or training community, the results of this studyprovide guidance by making many suggestions on how to improve leadership vigilance.