The Mediation Effects of Instructors’ Competence in the Relationship Between Creative Competencies and Entrepreneurial Intention Among University Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 985-1000
Author(s):  
Incheal Yoon ◽  
Byungyoon Chun
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
The Relationship

Pathways toward entrepreneurial intention among Malaysian universities’ students

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanieh Alipour Bazkiaei ◽  
Noor Ullah Khan ◽  
Ateeq-ur-Rehman Irshad ◽  
Adeel Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeEntrepreneurship is a vital source of job creation and a key driver in promoting economic growth. The Malaysian government encourages higher educational institutions (HEIs) to develop more competitive and innovative graduates for the economy so that Malaysia achieves high-income nation status by 2025. This study aims to investigate the mediating role of attitude toward entrepreneurship (ATE) in the relationship between key psychological factors, that is, subjective norm (SN), perceived behavior control (PBC), big-five (BF) personality traits, entrepreneurial motivation (EM) and educational factors (EFs) with entrepreneurial intention (EI) among Malaysian university students.Design/methodology/approachThis study used a quantitative design based on a positivist approach. The adopted questionnaire was used as the survey instrument. The primary data were collected from a sample of 251 final-year students in the management field who were enrolled in research-intensive Malaysian universities. Data were analyzed through the structural equation modeling (SEM) technique using AMOS 24 software.FindingsFindings confirmed that the BF personality traits, EM, PBC, SN, ATE and EFs were positively related to EI. Furthermore, ATE mediated the relationship between BF personality traits, EM, PBC, SN, EF, and EI among Malaysian university students.Research limitations/implicationsThis research provides critical insights into the key antecedents, for example, psychological and EFs, in explaining the EI of university students and future graduates. However, results can only be generalized to research-intensive Malaysian universities.Originality/valueThis study investigated the relationship between psychological factors, that is, BF personality traits, EM, PBC, SN and EFs in predicting EI of Malaysian university students. ATE mediated the relationship between BF personality traits, EM, PBC, SN, EF and EI among these students.

scholarly journals Enhancing Entrepreneurial Intention and Innovativeness of University Students: The Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Alertness

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Izlem Gozukara ◽  
Nurdan Colakoglu
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Initial Step ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Entrepreneurial Alertness ◽  
Financial Gain ◽  
Turkish University Students ◽  
The Relationship

<p>Entrepreneurship is a process of value creation consisting of committing time and effort, considering financial, social and other risks, resulting financial gain. The initial step of entrepreneurship is to recognize opportunities, which refers to a mechanism of intention. Empirical studies have provided evidence that entrepreneurial behavior is best predicted by intention. Intention, in turn, is associated with certain personality traits and attributes. This study aims to investigate the mediating effect of entrepreneurial alertness on the relationship between innovativeness and entrepreneurial intention of Turkish university students. The results of the study demonstrated that innovativeness has a positive effect on entrepreneurial intention, and entrepreneurial alertness fully mediates the relationship between innovativeness and entrepreneurial alertness. The present paper suggests that higher education institutions should focus on modifying personal attitudes of college students through entrepreneurship education and business incubation programs in order to foster enterprise creation and thereby economic development.</p>

scholarly journals Influence of demographic factors on the entrepreneurial intentions of university students in Oman

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 215-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ahmar Uddin ◽  
Shariq Mohammad ◽  
Samir Hammami
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Entrepreneurship Training ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
High Level ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

This paper aims to examine the relationship of four critical demographic factors, namely, Father’s occupation, Gender, Experience and Level of education on the entrepreneurial intention of Omani university students. The study uses a structured questionnaire to conduct a survey which is administered to the students of Dhofar University. The data collected are analyzed and it is found that there is a high level of intentions among students to start entrepreneurial ventures. Moreover, demographic factors are found to be influencing the entrepreneurial intention. Among the demographic factors experience is found to have the maximum influence on the entrepreneurial interest. The results suggest a need to provide students with on job training for gaining experience along with their educational programs. As an increase in experience will lead to a higher entrepreneurial intention of students and thus the likelyhood of a student becoming an entrepreneur will increase. Furthermore, universities and government should promote entrepreneurship training programs taking into account the Father’s occupation, Gender, Experience and Education Levels of students

scholarly journals A Non-Parametric Analysis of the Relationship between Business Experience and Entrepreneurial Intention of Final-Year University Students

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (16) ◽  
pp. 1955
Author(s):  
Oana Simona Hudea ◽  
Sorin-George Toma ◽  
Marin Burcea
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Parametric Analysis ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Business Administration ◽  
Academic Environment ◽  
Direct Experience ◽  
Pilot Survey ◽  
External Stakeholders ◽  
Business Experience ◽  
The Relationship

Last decades have witnessed that exposure to business activities, through family and direct experience, positively influences students’ entrepreneurial intention (EI). The paper aims to present and analyze the relationship between business experience (BE) and EI in the case of final-year university students, specialized in business administration and marketing, resorting to this end to a standardized questionnaire, developed by the authors and finalized following a pilot survey. The hypotheses considered, centered on the study of the existence of any contingency or correlational relationship between the BE of students, and their EI, based on related coefficients applicable in such case, have been confirmed, in line with similar studies. Theoretically, this paper contributes to the enrichment of the literature on students’ EI in higher education institutions (HEIs). Practically, students’ EI can be stimulated and encouraged by a deeper involvement of HEIs in entrepreneurship education, thereby creating a challenging entrepreneurial academic environment through a plethora of measures, such as establishing university spin-offs and closer relationships with their specific external stakeholders (e.g., entrepreneurs, businessmen).

scholarly journals Entrepreneurial inclination of students at a private university in Malaysia

2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manjit Singh Sandhu ◽  
Kamal Kishore Jain ◽  
Mohar Yusof
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Private University ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Part Time ◽  
The Relationship

Most past studies on studentsʼ entrepreneurial intention tend to focus on the phenomenon in developed countries.There is limited research on entrepreneurial intention of university students from developing nations. This article intends to close this gap by providing some insights into students℉ entrepreneurial inclination in a developing country, Malaysia. A total of 234 students from three faculties at both graduate and undergraduate levels were surveyed to examine their entrepreneurial inclination and also to examine the relationship between their demographic and social characteristics with entrepreneurial inclination.The study found strong entrepreneurial inclination among the students. Significant difference was found between students studying part time and full time and their entrepreneurial inclination. Significant difference was also found between the type of program enrolled in and students℉ entrepreneurial inclination. Further analysis and other findings were reported and recommendation for future research are been put forth in this article.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy and Entrepreneurial Intention among University Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
Jennifer Wijangga ◽  
Ersa Lanang Sanjaya
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Research Instrument ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to determine the relationship between self-efficacy in entrepreneurship with entrepreneurial intentions among university students, specifically for those who are in their final semester. As for its research method, this study uses a quantitative method to explain the relationship between variables by collecting data that has been distributed to 104 respondents. The research instrument for this study is a scale of entrepreneurial self-efficacy and an entrepreneurial intention scale, both of which meet reliability requirements. The result of the study states that there is a positive and significant relationship between self-efficacy entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial intentions.

scholarly journals Fear of missing out (FoMO) and gaming disorder among Chinese university students: Impulsivity and game time as mediators

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Li ◽  
Mark D. Griffiths ◽  
Zhimin Niu ◽  
Songli Mei
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Gaming Disorder ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Fear Of Missing Out ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
Chinese University Students ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background and aims: Research into the fear of missing out (FoMO) has greatly increased in recent years. Given the negative consequences of gaming disorder (GD) among a small minority of individuals, there is an increasing need for research examining the impact of FoMO on GD. However, little is known about the roles of impulsivity and gaming time as mediators in the relationship between FoMO and GD. The present study examined whether impulsivity and gaming time mediated the relationship between FoMO (trait-FoMO and state-FoMO) and GD among Chinese university students, as well as the prevalence of GD.Methods: A total of 1127 university students completed an online survey including the Chinese Trait-State Fear of Missing Out Scale (T-SFoMOS-C), the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-Brief (BIS-Brief), gamine time survey, and the Chinese Gaming Disorder Scale (CGDS).Results: The prevalence of GD was 6.4% among Chinese university students. Trait-FoMO was found to indirectly impact GD via impulsivity and gamine time, whereas the direct effect of trait-FoMO on GD and the mediation effects of gaming time were not confirmed. State-FoMO impacted on GD both directly, and indirectly via the mediation effects of impulsivity as well as impulsivity and gaming time.Conclusion: Trait-FoMO on GD was fully mediated via impulsivity and gaming time, whereas state-FoMO on GD was partly mediated via impulsivity and gaming time. Individuals with high levels of FoMO were more likely to show impulsivity and spent a longer time gaming, and was associated with GD. These findings provide insights to incorporate into health prevention programs to help regulate emotion, control impulsivity, and decrease GD.

scholarly journals Integrating and extending competing intention models to understand the entrepreneurial intention of senior university students

2019 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 234-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riyad Eid ◽  
Amgad Badewi ◽  
Hassan Selim ◽  
Hatem El-Gohary
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Extended Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
New Business ◽  
Event Model ◽  
Survey Strategy ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe growing interest in the development of entrepreneurial intention (EI) that has increased the importance of theories that explain and anticipate the tendency among individuals to start a new business. However, most of these theories focus on the relationship between entrepreneurs perceptions and their intention and ignore the cognitive and psychological characteristics that might configure their perceptions. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to integrate the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) with the entrepreneurial event model (EEM) and to extend the combined model to include the personality characteristics of an entrepreneur that might shape the perceptions and intentions.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses a sample of 688 senior university students (Emirati nationals, 91.2 per cent and expatriates, 8.8 per cent) and employs positivist research with a quantitative approach, adopting a survey strategy through questionnaires and structural equation modelling.FindingsThe results demonstrate the relevance and robustness of the suggested combined and extended model in the prediction of intention on the part of senior university students to become entrepreneurs (explained variance=73.3 per cent) based on survey data (2017;n= 688).Originality/valueThe main contribution of this paper lies not only in the integration of the TPB and the EEM, but also in extending the two theories on which it is based through adding entrepreneurial personality characteristics and an explanation of the mechanism through which entrepreneurial perceptions and EI develop.

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