Entrepreneurial Intention Of Undergraduate Students Research Articles

The effect of Entrepreneurial Education on Entrepreneurial Intention of Undergraduate Students

The effect of Entrepreneurial Education on Entrepreneurial Intention of Undergraduate Students

Fostering future pioneers: Unveiling the entrepreneurial intentions of undergraduate students in Oman

This study aimed to examine the entrepreneurial intentions of Omani students. Because this study used analytical methods to provide measurable data, it adopted a quantitative approach to research and a deductive methodology. Purposive sampling, a non-probability sampling method, was used in this study. The Venesaar et al. (2014) standard questionnaire was modified to collect the data. 478 respondents provided data. The results showed that students were motivated to pursue business. The findings demonstrate that students have positive intentions toward entrepreneurship. I am willing to go to any length to become an entrepreneur (4.06), which had the highest mean score for student entrepreneurial intentions. Because all values were greater than 0.05, there was no evidence to reject the null hypothesis. This implies that the entrepreneurial intentions of undergraduate students in Oman are unaffected by factors such as family income, father's profession, education, or program of study.

Risk-Taking Tendency, Individual Traits and Entrepreneurial Intention of Undergraduate Students in Nigeria: A Theoretical Approach

Nigerian undergraduate students' risk-taking tendencies, individual characteristics, and entrepreneurial intentions are explored in this research, which advances our knowledge of these phenomena. While there has long been discussion about their relationship, there has only been minimal empirical data addressed in developing nation contexts such as Nigeria. Entirely theoretical research was conducted in order to close the gap, with the majority of the data coming from a complete assessment of notable works of literature and policy documents. As a result of the findings, it can be concluded that there is a relationship between undergraduate students' risk-taking tendencies and their entrepreneurial intentions. According to the findings, risk-taking tendencies play a significant role in the development of entrepreneurship among students in Nigeria, which is supported by the findings. As a result of this finding, the government should undertake more comprehensive and realistic initiatives to promote entrepreneurship among graduates.

ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS: THE MODERATING ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL KNOWLEDGE

Notwithstanding the concerted interventions for integrating entrepreneurship education in higher learning institutions, graduates' transition from universities to entrepreneurial activities remains insignificant. This paper examines the influence of entrepreneurial knowledge on the entrepreneurial intentions of undergraduate students. An exploratory research design alongside a quantitative approach was used to collect data. The data for this paper were collected from 335 drawn from 10 public and private higher learning institutions. Purposive, stratified, and convenience sampling were used to draw the sample. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire survey administered to 335 finalist students in Tanzania's higher learning institutions. The paper applies a partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) to examine the moderating role of entrepreneurial knowledge on the relationship between motivational factors and entrepreneurial intentions of finalist undergraduate students from higher learning institutions in Tanzania. The study reveals that entrepreneurial knowledge significantly moderates the relationship between behavioural control and entrepreneurial intentions. The influence of entrepreneurial knowledge on the relationship between attitude and intentions and subjective norms and intentions is insignificant. Further, the attitude and behavioural controls were found to positively and significantly affect immediate entrepreneurial intentions, whereas subjective norms insignificantly affected immediate entrepreneurial intention. The study contributes to the development of a theory of planned behaviour, for example, by demonstrating that the three motivational factors have varying effects on entrepreneurial intentions in the context of moderation and different time horizons. Family entrepreneurial culture, personal savings, and role models are keys to making graduates pursue entrepreneurship in the long term.

Determining Entrepreneurial Intention Among Undergraduate Students in Malaysia Using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB)

One of the main issues many countries face is unemployment. Entrepreneurship has been acknowledged as a means of solving unemployment problems. The study aims to determine the factors influencing the entrepreneurial intention of undergraduate students after having exposure to entrepreneurship subjects. This study adopts a quantitative approach using an e-survey and was distributed to students in one of the higher learning institutions in Malaysia. A stratified sampling method was chosen and only 100 responses can be used for further analysis. The data was analyzed using SPSS. Results of the study show that personal attitude and family influence have a significant relationship with students’ intention to start a business. However, there is no significant relationship between perceived behavioral control and entrepreneurial intention. The study has provided valuable insights for the university to develop more effective entrepreneurship programs besides providing support to those who are passionate to go into business.

THE EFFECT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION, LOCUS OF CONTROL AND THE NEED FOR ACHIEVEMENT ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTENTIONS OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS FOR THE CLASS OF 2017 RIAU UNIVERSITY

This study aims to determine the effect of entrepreneurship education, locus of control, and need for achievement on the entrepreneurial intentions of undergraduate students at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Riau University. The population in this study is the active undergraduate student class of 2017. The sampling technique was the purposive sampling method (85 students from 562 students based on criteria). To prove the study's findings, primary data were collected in this study using a questionnaire as a research instrument. Multiple regression analysis by the SPSS program was used to test the hypothesis in this study. The results show that: 1) there is an effect of entrepreneurship education on the entrepreneurial intentions of undergraduate students; 2) there is an effect of locus of control on the entrepreneurial intentions of undergraduate students; 3) there is an effect of the need for achievement on the entrepreneurial intentions of undergraduate students; and 4) there is an effect simultaneously of entrepreneurship education, locus of control, and the need for achievement on the entrepreneurial intentions of undergraduate students.

Entrepreneurial Intentions of Undergraduate Students: Mediating Role of Perceived Feasibility

This study aims to test several Krueger models that have not been carried out by Esfandiar. In this model, the variable perceived feasibility is a mediator but Esfandiar did not test the variable so that the feasibility variable was used as a mediator in this research update. Data was collected using an online questionnaire (Google Form) which was given directly to undergraduate students at Sebelas Maret University. The research method used is PLS with questionnaire analysis using WarpPLS version 7.0. The results show that the mediation of feasibility perception plays a partial role in entrepreneurial intentions, meaning that students' perceptions of eligibility will directly influence entrepreneurial desires to become entrepreneurs. When students feel that the entrepreneurial profession is worthy of student perceptions, it will arouse students' entrepreneurial desires. In addition, when students see the entrepreneurial profession as feasible, it will increase students' self-efficacy and collective-efficacy which in turn can generate entrepreneurial desires.

The relationship between individual entrepreneurial orientation, network ties, and entrepreneurial intention of undergraduate students: implications on entrepreneurial education

The relationship between individual entrepreneurial orientation, network ties, and entrepreneurial intention of undergraduate students: implications on entrepreneurial education

The study of the causal relationship between innovativeness and entrepreneurial intention among undergraduate students

In recent years, entrepreneurs have become key drivers of business growth worldwide, since that time, entrepreneurial education has subsequently been garnering an increased level of interest. Entrepreneurship is considered to be a combination of both art and science, used to create value when targeting customers; however, there appears to be a myth when it comes to the recipe required for success. It was discovered by The Office of Small and Medium Enterprise Promotion that less than 10% of Thai small and medium entrepreneurial businesses were successful, while the global rate of success is close to 5 times higher than that of Thailand. Therefore, a better understanding of key success factors is necessary going forward. Typically, an entrepreneur’s journey starts with entrepreneurial intention, opportunity recognition, business initiative creation, and resource assembly, if they are to start their venture successfully. Entrepreneurial intention is a prerequisite to entrepreneurial behavior, based on the theory of planned behavior. Subsequently, scholars are interested in the key factors which drive entrepreneurial intention. While innovativeness has been proven to be one of the critical factors within certain groups of the population, there is little empirical data on the causal relationship between innovativeness and entrepreneurial intention amongst undergraduate students. As such, this study has two main objectives: (1) to explore factors influencing innovativeness, attitudes towards entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial intentions of undergraduate students, and (2) to understand the causal relationship between innovativeness and entrepreneurial intentions among undergraduate students. The population of the study is comprised of undergraduate students from public universities and 330 effective responses were received in the survey. Based on the findings from confirmatory analysis and multiple regression, the empirical data is consistent with the theoretical measurement model for both innovativeness and entrepreneurial intention and (2) innovativeness can effectively predict entrepreneurial intention among undergraduate students.

An Intention to Select Entrepreneurship as a Career Choice: A Case of Undergraduate Students Enrolled in Entrepreneurship Programs

This paper examines the entrepreneurial orientation amongst the students acquiring entrepreneurial education at center for entrepreneurial development at IBA Karachi. This research contributes to the literature through its theoretical model, which tests entrepreneurial intention of undergraduate students through Smart PLS 3.0. A quantitative research method has been adopted. Entrepreneurial skills & competencies and entrepreneurial knowledge are taken as independent variables. Entrepreneurial career option is dependent variable. Effectuation is taken as a mediating variable. The model has been applied on a sample of 250 undergraduate students, who enrolled in different entrepreneurship programs of Karachi (Example: Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Program (STEP) and International Entrepreneurship Winter School (IEWS) at IBA CED. The results of the study showed that effectuation significantly mediates the association between entrepreneurial skills & competencies and entrepreneurial career option. The study affirms that effectuation is a mediator in the association between entrepreneurial knowledge & awareness and entrepreneurial career option. The implications of this research will be helpful for academicians, research scholars and policy makers, working in the entrepreneurial development sector. The research will contribute to the existing literature through the entrepreneurship model

Tool for Measuring the Influence of the Field of Knowledge on Entrepreneurial Intention among University Students

This paper aims to analyze a measurement tool allowing the identification of the differences that may exist between the factors and their relationships that affect the entrepreneurial intention of undergraduate students from related and non-business-related programs. This is to know what elements motivate to create a company for each group, and their degree of association, in order to design more effective educational strategies focused on their motivations. For this, a model was proposed, which was validated through the application of a self-administered questionnaire to undergraduate students of different careers, in Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano (Medellín). It was found that personal attitudes have a stronger relationship with entrepreneurial intention in students of business-related programs, while perceived viability, perceived convenience, and entrepreneurial behavior have greater weight in students from non-affiliated programs. Thus, the courses focused on creativity in the first group, and the courses focused on the know-how in the second group would be more efficient in increasing the entrepreneurial intention.

Entrepreneurial Intentions among Engineering Students: Applying a Theory of Planned Behavior Perspective

This research employs the Theory of Planned Behavior in an attempt to identify the factors that exert an influence on the entrepreneurial intentions of undergraduate students. The authors hope to contribute to understanding the process of entrepreneurial intentions in engineering students in the context of a developing country, taking as an example engineering students in the city of Medellín. Descriptive field and cross-sectional research was conducted using a quantitative methodological design. Data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire. The sample was made up of 636 undergraduate engineering students. Following validation, statistical Somers’ D was used to evaluate the associations between the constructs found in the Theory of Planned Behavior. It proved possible to corroborate the influence of attitudes, perceived behavioral control, current behavioral control and entrepreneurial behavior on the intention of engineering students to create a business in the future. The authors propose that current behavioral control is the most influential factor on entrepreneurial intention in engineering students. Consequently, university entrepreneurial education initiatives and efforts to motivate entrepreneurship need to be accompanied by programs that help students identify business opportunities and financial mechanisms that will allow fledgling entrepreneurs to feel confident in their personal capacities (attitudes) and their ability to access financial support to help them create businesses.

Entrepreneurial Intentions of Undergraduate Students in Yemen: Applying the Theory of Planned Behaviour

The intention of undergraduate students towards entrepreneurial was not yet studied in Yemen. We aimed to study the intentions of undergraduate students towards an entrepreneurial activity. The cross-sectional study design was used. This study was used the questionnaire developed to test theory of planned behavioral in the field of entrepreneurship. The Cronbach’s alpha test was used to test the reliability. Pearson correlation analysis was used to assess the relationship between study variables. Multiple regression models were applied. All analysis was performed with SPSS. A total of 432 undergraduate students included from the Sana’a University in Yemen. Out of this, 74.5% was male students and 25.5% were female students. The results of correlation test indicate that entrepreneurial intentions have a strong positive correlation with personal attitude ( r = .917), subjective norms ( r = 0.963) and perceived behavioral ( r = 0 .955). A statistically significant association was found between perceived behavioral control (β = 0. 420, p < 0.001), subjective norms (β = 0. 524, p < 0.001) and the intention to start a business. However, non-significant association was found between personal attitude and entrepreneurial intention (β = -0.040; p < 0.169). Our study suggested that providing entrepreneurial capabilities among citizens, may improve societal norms and individual attitudes toward entrepreneurship. However, we could not found a statistically significant association between attitude and entrepreneurial intention. Keywords: Entrepreneurial intention, Undergraduate students, Yemen, Theory of Planned Behaviour DOI : 10.7176/EJBM/11-35-04 Publication date: December 31 st 2019

Assessing the entrepreneurial intention of undergraduate students in a rapidly changing economy

This study aimed to develop and test a model that incorporates insights from two distinct approaches, namely, behavioural and contextual factors, to identify the significant variables influencing the entrepreneurial intention of undergraduate students in Qatar. This research involved a sample of undergraduate students enrolled in Qatar University. Data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire containing several groups of questions related to behavioural and contextual constructs and entrepreneurial intention. Results show that personal attitude and perceived behavioural control are the most significant factors for entrepreneurial intention. This study is the first of its kind in Qatar that aims to assess entrepreneurial intention from more than one approach. The research implications are discussed.

Assessing the entrepreneurial intention of undergraduate students in a rapidly changing economy

Assessing the entrepreneurial intention of undergraduate students in a rapidly changing economy

Entrepreneurial characteristics and intentions among undergraduates in Malaysia

This study investigates the entrepreneurial intentions of undergraduate students in the public university and private institution of higher learning in Malaysia. Six entrepreneurial characteristics were observed during the focus group interviews which included; risk taking propensity, self-confidence, need for achievement, innovativeness, tolerance of ambiguity, and locus of control. These elements are used to define the entrepreneurial profile of students using the trait model of entrepreneurship as a basis of the proposed research. Ten students from the public and private higher institutions of learning were interviewed. Students were selected from one public university (IPTA) and another from private university (IPTS). Results based on the students' entrepreneurial intentions are compared between the IPTA and IPTS and some plausible explanations are discussed. This research provides deeper insight into entrepreneurship education besides providing comprehensive empirical evidence about the impact of higher education on entrepreneurial intentions, thus fills an important gap in the entrepreneurship literature.

Entrepreneurial intention of undergraduate students of G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar

Entrepreneurship can positively impact human resource market by creating employment and economic opportunity, something that is of urgent need. Agriculture sector has immense untapped potential and huge busi-ness prospects for young entrepreneurs. Thus, to have an insight into these issues present study was undertaken to find out the socioeconomic, personal and psychological characteristics of undergraduate students along with their entrepreneurial intention. The study was conducted at College of Agriculture, G.B.P.U.A. and T. Pantnagar. Fifty five students from each, third year and final year of B.Sc. Agriculture were selected as respondents through simple random sampling technique using chit method. Analytical research design was used for the present study. Detailed pre-tested questionnaire was administered to 110 respondents for collection of data. Findings of the study revealed that majority of the respondents (60.91 %) belonged to middle age group and were female (55.55 %), belonged to general caste (60.91 %) and had received their basic education in English (72.73 %). Regarding the entrepreneurial intention of undergraduate students of agriculture, it was found that majority of the respondents (59.09 %) had mod-erate level of entrepreneurial intention, while 23.64 % of the respondents had low entrepreneurial intention and only 17.27 % students had high entrepreneurial intention. The findings of this study may help all stakeholders (policy makers, researchers, private institutions, entrepreneurship educators and youth development practitioners) who are concerned with developing youth entrepreneurship in the country.

The Effect of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurial Intention: An Experimental Study on Undergraduate Business Students

The main aim of this study is to reveal the effect of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intentions of students. Participants of this study in which field experiment was carried out consisted of experimental group involving 207 participants who were exposed to experimental stimulus (entrepreneurship education) and control group involving 131 participants who had characteristics similar to experimental group but who were not exposed to experimental stimulus. Within this scope, this study was carried out by applying pre-test and post-test at the beginning and in the end of the term to measure entrepreneurial intentions of undergraduate students at the Department of Business, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Gazi University who enrolled in the university the same year, and who were divided into two groups as experimental (received entrepreneurship education within 15-week syllabus) and control (did not receive entrepreneurship education). Findings of the study show that there was a statistically significant difference between the entrepreneurial intentions of students before (beginning of term) and after (end of term) receiving entrepreneurship education. While no significant difference was found in two dimensions of entrepreneurial intention namely “innovation and action” and “family support”, there were significant differences in the dimensions of “determination and perseverance”, challenges of starting business” and “negative thoughts on running one’s own business”. Furthermore, it was found that scores of experimental group in these three dimensions after receiving entrepreneurship education were higher than their scores before the education. On the other hand, compared to experimental group, control group did not show any significant difference both in their general entrepreneurial intentions and in each dimension of entrepreneurial intention.

The Effect of Perceived Corruption on Entrepreneurial Intention: Evidence from Italy

This paper aims to examine the entrepreneurial intention of undergraduate students, using a modified version of Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior (TPB), considering the perception of corruption. We conducted a questionnaire survey with Italian students. There were a total of 350 student participants. In order to analyze the data collected with the questionnaire, structural equation modeling is provided. Our results indicate that the majority of students have strong entrepreneurial intention but due to the effect of corruption students are dissuaded from engaging in entrepreneurship. Corruption has a negative effect on students’ entrepreneurial behavior. This paper provides a new model that helps to understand the students’ entrepreneurial intentions considering the corruption perception.

Intención emprendedora en estudiantes universitarios: Un estudio bibliométrico

Purpose: The aim of the article is to present the results of the bibliometric study in the field of entrepreneurial intention of undergraduate students, allowing a diagnosis of the state of art of this topicDesign/methodology/approach: The applied methodology consisted in analyzing 396 obtained papers form database and search equation, all from the Scopus data base. From this, bibliometric indicator (quantity, quality and structure) was proposed and incorporated the study of the topological structure of the network of authors between 1996 and 2015.Findings: The results shows that the Theory of Planned Behavior is the most widely used model for the study of entrepreneurial intentions among undergraduate students and the factors evaluated are: efficacy, entrepreneurial attitude, motivation and subjective specifications.Originality/value: The bibliographic tracking show that entrepreneurship is a topic with a grown exponentially, without showing saturation in them and that the entry of new authors in the two fields is mainly through existing networks.