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Abstract

The study aimed to examine the underlying Learning Theories for students to instil motivation and aspiration to aim as successful entrepreneurs or business owners. Three learning theories are selected to give more understanding to the topic selected which are the Self-Determination Theory (SDT), Social Learning Theory (SLT) and Experiential Learning Theory (ELT). However, there is limited research or study related to the selected learning theories and factors that influence students’ motivation and inspiration to pursue higher education and aspire to become successful entrepreneurs or business owners. Hence, this systematic review article focuses on reviewing past studies and articles related to topics on the family business background and entrepreneurial intention on students’ intention to further higher education studies. Reporting standards for systematic evidence syntheses (ROSES) are used in this study. The articles selected for the purposes of this systematic review is using a database namely Scopus and one supporting database namely Google Scholar published between 2014 and 2023. A total of 40 articles were selected from the database that can be analyzed systematically. From the analysis of these articles, three main themes were developed – 1) Self-Determination Theory: Motivation through three basic needs – autonomy, competence and relatedness; 2) Social Learning Theory: Influencing student with family business to pursue higher education by providing role model, encouraging peer learning and creating a supportive community; 3) Experiential Learning Theory: People learn best through direct experience and reflection. Further observation and analysis of the three main themes have developed a total of 12 subthemes for this research.