The factors effecting entrepreneurial intention of university students: case of Mongolia

Small and medium sized businesses with entrepreneur orientation have been developing rapidly creating wealth for the nations and often become large global enterprises. The researches on the entrepreneur intention, entrepreneur education, attitude as well as the factors affecting to them are getting popular. Simultaneously, the study on whether the university is nurturing the entrepreneur intention, attitude or boosts students’ willingness starting their own businesses has been remaining an interesting topic. The current study aimed at researching various factors affecting the entrepreneur intention, attitude of the students, subjective norms, entrepreneur education, and perceived behaviour control using sample survey involving 568 university students. The survey results demonstrated that the personal attitude had an influence on entrepreneur intention and the participants expressed their willingness starting their own businesses having an awareness on prospective challenges and opportunities. The determinants such as subjective norms and perceived behaviour control had both positive impacts on becoming an entrepreneur; however, an entrepreneur education demonstrated a slight impact in entrepreneur intention.

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PLANNED BEHAVIOR AND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AS ANTECEDENTS TO ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION: A STUDY WITH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

RAM Revista de Administração Mackenzie ◽

10.1590/1678-6971/eramg200022 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

Author(s):

LUIS E. B. PAIVA ◽

EVANGELINA S. SOUSA ◽

TEREZA C. B. LIMA ◽

DIRCEU DA SILVA

Keyword(s):

Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽

University Students ◽

Planned Behavior ◽

Perceived Control ◽

Religious Beliefs ◽

Entrepreneurial Intention ◽

Subjective Norms ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Survey Method ◽

Personal Attitude

ABSTRACT Purpose: To investigate the relationship between religious beliefs and the constructs of the Theory of Planned Behavior in entrepreneurial intention. Originality/value: The article stands out by promoting the understanding of entrepreneurship from the Theory of Planned Behavior proposed by Ajzen (1991), aligning it with religious beliefs. Design/methodology/approach: It is an exploratory and descriptive study, of a quantitative nature. The survey method was used to collect the data, in which a sample of 448 students from the Business Administration courses at two public universities in the northeast of Brazil was obtained. Structural Equation Modeling was used to treat and analyze the data. Findings: The results demonstrated that personal attitude, perceived control, and religious beliefs influence the entrepreneurial intention of university students, which did not occur with subjective norms. However, subjective norms influenced the personal attitude and perceived control of university students. The university students presented a predisposition to entrepreneurship and recognized that they have the necessary skills to create a business. However, the choice to become an entre preneur may not be motivated directly by the expectation of its social referents. Moreover, university students did not perceive the influence of religious beliefs in the manifestation of their behavior, because vocation and prosocial motivation are far from the environmental context in which university students are inserted or because they are not practicing a religion that fosters such beliefs.

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The Effects of Academic Environment through Self-Efficacy on Entrepreneurial Intention: SEM-PLS Approach

The Journal of Social Sciences Research ◽

10.32861/jssr.spi6.664.669 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 664-669

Author(s):

WeiLee Lim

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Social Transformation ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Behavioral Control ◽

Entrepreneurial Intention ◽

Perceived Behavioral Control ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

University Environment ◽

The University

Entrepreneurship has been the central focus for both policy makers and scholars alike for its role in economic and social transformation of a nation. University students are widely regarded as future builders of nation and thus, their role and intention towards entrepreneurship is of much concern. This study applies the theory of planned behaviour to analyse the factors affecting university students’ entrepreneurial intention with the inclusion of university environment. This study aims to incorporate the various variables as a comprehensive model simultaneously analysing the relationships between using SEM-PLS technique. A quantitative research design was employed with the use of 317 sample of university students from Malaysia and China universities. The study explores the effect of individual factors: attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioral control; together with university environment on their effect on university students’ entrepreneurial intention. The finding suggests that university environment is a significant influence of university students’ intention to entrepreneurship as a career choice. A conducive environment and support within the university elevates student’s belief in their capability to be an entrepreneur and the intention to embark on an entrepreneurial journey.

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Factors Affecting on Entrepreneurial Intention of University Students (Case Study on Wollo University)

10.21203/rs.3.rs-736445/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Abdu Kamil

Keyword(s):

Environmental Factors ◽

University Students ◽

Family Background ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Entrepreneurial Intention ◽

Primary Data ◽

Personal Factors ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

College Of Business

Abstract Background: Entrepreneurship is essential in creating, fulfilling and forming a healthy economy. This study is conducted to investigate Factor Affecting on Entrepreneurial Intention: The case study on Wollo University Students. Some studies have been done in this area but only a few were conducted in Ethiopia. This research aims to address the gap that exists due to the weakness of previous studies to verify the factors that affect entrepreneurial intention and provide more clarification on the topic. Methods: For the purpose of this study explanatory research design was employed. The researcher used stratified random sampling to classify all participants into seven colleges and one school of law. From each stratum proportionally by using purposive sampling to select 226 respondents with graduate students from college of business and economics for the desire of the study. Both primary and secondary data were collected. Primary data were collected through structured questionnaire from 210 students. Secondary data were collected from previous studies and used as reference. Results: The correlation and regression analysis has been applied to see the relationship and how independent variables influence entrepreneurial intention. From the analyses it is confirmed that demographic factors have statistically insignificant effect on entrepreneurial intention, while personal factors, environmental factors and family background have a statistically significant effect on entrepreneurial intention. Conclusions: Based on the findings it is concluded that demographic factor does not affect entrepreneurial intention while personal factors, environmental factors and family background affect entrepreneurial intention.

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Análise dos constructos comportamentais do empreendedorismo sustentável de estudantes universitários brasileiros

Revista de Administração da UFSM ◽

10.5902/1983465923616 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 718

Author(s):

Luis Eduardo Brandão Paiva ◽

Tereza Cristina Batista de Lima ◽

Silvia Maria Dias Pedro Rebouças ◽

Rômulo Alves Soares

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Entrepreneurial Intention ◽

Positive Influence ◽

Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽

Sustainable Entrepreneurship ◽

Academic Context ◽

Entrepreneurial Intent ◽

Entrepreneurial Activities ◽

The University ◽

Behavioral Constructs

Research on entrepreneurial intention stands out in the academic context and addresses several determinants related to the behavioral nature influencing entrepreneurship. Consequently, the following behavioral constructs were used for sustainable entrepreneurship: attitude towards self-employment; orientation towards sustainability; propensity to innovate; barriers and facilities for entrepreneurial activities; and entrepreneurs in the immediate family. This study aimed to analyze the influence of the behavioral constructs of sustainable entrepreneurship on the entrepreneurial intentions of university students. Based on a sample of 318 students enrolled on an administration course at the Federal University of Ceará, statistical techniques of data analysis were applied, namely factorial analysis, inferential statistics (t-test and Mann-Whitney test), logistic regression and Classification and Regression Trees (CART). Three hypotheses were constructed in this study based on the literature: (i) there is a positive influence between the orientation towards the sustainability of university students and their entrepreneurial intention, (ii) there is a positive influence between the propensity to innovate and the entrepreneurial intention of the university students, and (iii) having entrepreneurs in the immediate family contributes positively to the entrepreneurial intent of university students. It was noted that, in general, students most likely to have entrepreneurial intent are those most concerned with environmental issues, that are stimulating and original, and have immediate relatives that are entrepreneurs.

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An Investigation of Entrepreneurial Intention Among University Students Using the Theory of Planned Behavior and Parents' Occupation

Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage - Entrepreneurial Development and Innovation in Family Businesses and SMEs ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-3648-3.ch009 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 149-166

Author(s):

Panagiotis A. Tsaknis ◽

Alexandros G. Sahinidis

Keyword(s):

Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽

University Students ◽

Planned Behavior ◽

Latent Variables ◽

Behavioral Control ◽

Entrepreneurial Intention ◽

Subjective Norms ◽

Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽

Perceived Behavioral Control ◽

Policy Makers

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the entrepreneurial intention of university students using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and parents' occupation. A questionnaire based survey was employed for the data collection. A total of 1244 students participated in the survey. The sample was a convenience one given that the resources available were limited. The size of the sample allows us to proceed with reliable statistical analyses and produce valid conclusions. The findings of our research showed that perceived behavioral control, subjective norms, attitude and parents' occupation are important variables influencing entrepreneurial intention. The variable that affects entrepreneurial intention the most is attitude. The findings led support to the theory and the hypotheses proposed. These findings indicate that the recommended model can be used to explain a large part of variation in entrepreneurial intention. This study, contributes to the entrepreneurial intention literature providing empirical evidence to help formulate policies encouraging university students' entrepreneurship practices, attracting the interest of both educators and policy makers. This evidence will become increasingly important, as research in the field of entrepreneurship continues to place models of entrepreneurial intentions at the center of our understanding of the entrepreneurial process. Future studies could investigate the validity of the findings reported here, in different contexts using more variables, not included in this study and inquire the potential existence of latent variables which may be confounding the relationships discussed in this paper.

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Factors impacting entrepreneurial intentions among university students in Saudi Arabia: testing an integrated model of TPB and EO

Education + Training ◽

10.1108/et-04-2020-0096 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 62 (7/8) ◽

pp. 779-803

Author(s):

Yaser Hasan Salem Al-Mamary ◽

Mohammed Abdulrab ◽

Mohammed A. Alwaheeb ◽

Naif Ghazi M. Alshammari

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

University Students ◽

Relevant Literature ◽

Entrepreneurial Intention ◽

Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

University Administrators ◽

Content Type ◽

Saudi Arabic ◽

The University

PurposeThis research intends to contribute to the literature of entrepreneurial intentions through determining the factors impacting the entrepreneurial intentions among students in different academic programs. This is in order to enhance and improve entrepreneurship-related procedures within relevant universities.Design/methodology/approachThe study was conducted by a structured survey questionnaire on 261 students in the University of Hail. The questionnaire was developed based on previous studies. The proposed hypotheses were tested by the use of the structured equation modeling (SEM) via using Amos software.FindingsThe results of the current study support the theoretical integration of the model as most of the hypotheses have been accepted. The results of the survey also show that attitudes toward behavior, self-efficacy, autonomy, risk-taking, pro-activeness and competitive aggressiveness are expressively related with entrepreneurial intention. Yet, social norms and innovativeness are not considerably connected with entrepreneurial intention.Research limitations/implicationsThis study seeks to contribute to the relevant literature by integrating the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and the entrepreneurial orientation model (EO). This is in order to identify the factors impacting the intention of entrepreneurship among Saudi university students. As the case in many studies, this present study has some limitations. The main limitation lies in that it would not be possible to generalize the study's findings. This is due to the fact the research is the outcome of examining and studying one Saudi university. Therefore, it would be better to conduct similar studies in other Saudi universities in order to generalize the findings of the study.Practical implicationsThe study's results could be of value to policymakers and university administrators in Saudi Arabia universities by which they could be enabled to allocate resources, develop strategies and provide all requirements for the sake of improving entrepreneurial skills among university students. This comprehensive model can be used as a tool for planning and prioritizing resources in bid for providing the required support as this support would reinforce the entrepreneurial opportunity of university students. As such, students would have better thinking about entrepreneurial work and thus would be assisted in achieving their professional goals and the broader goal of nation building.Originality/valueSince today's youth are viewed as the potential future entrepreneurs, they should be encouraged to achieve the Saudi Kingdom's goals through creating suitable employment opportunities for them by supporting entrepreneurship. Therefore, pointing out the factors impacting the entrepreneurial intention of students will contribute to developing the field of entrepreneurship among young people in Saudi Arabic in general. In addition, realized outcomes would create an exciting new knowledge with regard to the entrepreneurial intention among the youth at the university level.

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THE STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF ETHICAL CLIMATE ON THE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ EDUCATIONAL ATTITUDES IN OPERATING ROOM

Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research ◽

10.22159/ajpcr.2016.v9s2.12433 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 105

Author(s):

Nazanin Yousefian Miandoab ◽

Mahnaz Shahrakipour ◽

Sadegh Zare

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Operating Room ◽

Ethical Climate ◽

Statistical Tests ◽

Medical Science ◽

Average Score ◽

Educational Attitudes ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Objective Health ◽

The University

ABSTRACT Objective: Health-care students should be properly trained to be able to solve the society problems in the future. One of the factors affecting the academic progress of students is student’s educational attitudes that are affected by the factors such as their learning environment’s climate. The aim of the current study is studying the ethical climate on the university students’ educational attitudes in the operating room of the medical science university in Zahedan. Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, the students were selected by census method (62 students). To collect the data, a three-part questionnaire was used that the first part was related to the demographic features, the second part was related to the educational attitude, and the third part was related to Olson’s standard questionnaire. The data were analyzed in SPSS 19 by statistical tests, t-test, and variance analysis. Results: The average age of students was 21.65±1.63 and 36 participants were female and 26 participants were male. 34 participants were educating in semester 4 and 28 participants were educating semester 8. The average score of educational attitude was 87.01±9.20 and the average score of ethical climate was 15.58±92.85, and the significant relationships were observed between the ethical climate and educational attitude (p=0.03). Conclusion: The results of this study showed that students have a positive view of their field of study and existence ethical climate and managers, and officials should try to maintain this situation, and the relationship between the ethical climate and educational attitude was significant. Keywords: Educational attitude, Ethical climate, The university students, Operating rooms.

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The influence of collectivistic personal values on the formation of entrepreneurial intentions

International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship ◽

10.1177/0266242620903007 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 38 (5) ◽

pp. 449-473 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Juan Alberto Hueso ◽

Inmaculada Jaén ◽

Francisco Liñán ◽

Whysnianti Basuki

Keyword(s):

Personal Values ◽

Entrepreneurial Intention ◽

Subjective Norms ◽

Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽

Personal Attitude ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Personal Value ◽

Negative Effect ◽

Positive Effect

This article analyses the specific role of collectivistic personal values as an antecedent of entrepreneurial intention. While previous studies have focused on individualistic values, the influence of collectivistic values has remained largely ignored. We study this influence on a sample of 413 university students from the United Kingdom and Spain. The results are consistent in both countries, suggesting that an emphasis on collectivistic personal values triggers an indirect, negative effect on entrepreneurial intentions through both personal attitude and perceived behavioural control. However, it also induces an indirect positive effect through subjective norms. The study indicates that not only individualistic values but the complete personal-value structure is influential in explaining the formation of entrepreneurial intentions.

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