The role of universities in supporting entrepreneurial intentions of students toward sustainable entrepreneurship

This study investigated the impact of the use of social networking sites on university graduate students’ green sustainable entrepreneurial intentions by developing a mediating effect. This study provided a research framework using Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior and Shapero’s model to illustrate the relationship between self-efficacy and risk propensity towards green and sustainable entrepreneurial intentions. This research model posited a relationship between the use of social networking sites and green and sustainable entrepreneurship intentions with a mediating role of risk propensity and self-efficacy. The structural questionnaire was adopted, validated, and disseminated to the 300 respondents of university students. This study’s findings confirmed that there was a significant positive effect of the use of social networking sites on green and sustainable entrepreneurship intentions with the indirect impact of risk propensity and self-efficacy. These substantial outcomes have essential practices and academic implications for representatives, policy makers, and entrepreneurial institutes, such as how to direct the use of such relative niche technologies for communication and the role of the internet to promote green and sustainable entrepreneurial practices among young people.

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Drivers of entrepreneurial intentions in sustainable entrepreneurship

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research ◽

10.1108/ijebr-03-2016-0097 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 359-381 ◽

Cited By ~ 36

Author(s):

Anna Maija Vuorio ◽

Kaisu Puumalainen ◽

Katharina Fellnhofer

Keyword(s):

Quantitative Research ◽

Work Values ◽

Entrepreneurial Intention ◽

Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽

Extrinsic Rewards ◽

Design Data ◽

Sustainable Entrepreneurship ◽

Content Type ◽

Entrepreneurial Opportunities

Purpose The role of entrepreneurship has changed to include issues beyond economic growth. This has turned attention toward the drivers of entrepreneurial intentions across entrepreneurship types, particularly in sustainable entrepreneurship. The purpose of this paper is to examine the drivers of entrepreneurial intentions in sustainable entrepreneurship. In particular, the paper aims to extend the existing intention models to include work values and attitudes toward sustainability, thereby bringing the model into the context of sustainable entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach Using a quantitative research design, data were collected in three European countries through anonymous questionnaires. The data consist of responses from 393 university students. Findings The results show that attitude toward sustainability and perceived entrepreneurial desirability enhance sustainability-oriented entrepreneurial intentions. Moreover, adding sustainability into the regression equation adds explanation power, hence suggesting that the theory of planned behavior needs to be adapted when applied to sustainable entrepreneurship. Attitudes toward sustainability are positively impacted by altruism, while perceived entrepreneurial desirability is driven by intrinsic and extrinsic rewards. Research limitations/implications The study focuses on one particular type of entrepreneurship and one particular age group. Originality/value The paper contributes to the entrepreneurship literature by applying the entrepreneurial intention model to sustainable entrepreneurship. The results imply that it may be the time to consider the variance in entrepreneurial opportunities in intention models as well as the need to address the conflict between work values. The results show that sustainability-oriented entrepreneurial intentions are driven by attitudes toward sustainability and perceived entrepreneurial desirability. These two attitudes are driven by altruism and extrinsic rewards, and, especially, extrinsic reward plays an opposite role in both drivers of sustainability-oriented entrepreneurial intentions.

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Formation of university scholars’ entrepreneurial intentions: Interaction between perceived desirability and perceived feasibility

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.8677 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 48 (1) ◽

pp. 1-13

Author(s):

Wen Li ◽

Yurong Zhang

Keyword(s):

Significant Role ◽

Moderating Effect ◽

Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽

Environmental Support ◽

Academic Entrepreneurs ◽

Event Model ◽

Perceived Desirability ◽

Practical Implications

Drawing on the entrepreneurial event model, we examined the role of perceived desirability and perceived feasibility and their interaction in university scholars' entrepreneurial intentions, with data from 252 Chinese academic entrepreneurs. Results showed that perceived feasibility only had a significant effect on scholars' entrepreneurial intentions formation. Further, the moderating effect of external environmental support brought about an interactive mechanism between perceived desirability and perceived feasibility: When perceived desirability was low, perceived feasibility played a more significant role in entrepreneurial intentions formation, and vice versa. Theoretical contributions and practical implications are discussed.

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Promoting Female Entrepreneurship: The Impact of Gender Gap Beliefs and Perceptions

SAGE Open ◽

10.1177/21582440211018468 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 215824402110184

Author(s):

Camelia Ilie ◽

Abel Monfort ◽

Gaston Fornes ◽

Guillermo Cardoza

Keyword(s):

Gender Gap ◽

Multivariate Regression Analysis ◽

Public Institutions ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽

Cultural Barriers ◽

Female Entrepreneurship ◽

Spanish Women ◽

The Impact

Perceptions and institutional frameworks can be barriers or facilitators to the development of female entrepreneurship policies. Institutions rely on factual data on the gender gap to evaluate their policies. However, the literature shows that the research and institutions should also analyze the impact of social beliefs on the success of these policies and initiatives. This study focuses on the impact of these perceptions in promoting female entrepreneurship. Data were collected from 287 responses to a questionnaire from Spanish women and men and were analyzed using multivariate regression analysis. The results show that the perception of lack of equality increases the gender gap even if there are specific and effective policies in a society that attempt to eliminate the gender gap in terms of the role of women in the home or positions of power. The main result is that these perceptions ultimately affect women’s entrepreneurial intentions. The results have policy implications for companies and public institutions willing to change the gender narrative about entrepreneurship and design policies and initiatives that help women overcome cultural barriers and effectively promote female entrepreneurship.

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Drivers of sustainable entrepreneurial intentions among university students: an integrated model from a developing world context

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education ◽

10.1108/ijshe-07-2020-0277 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

pp. 659-680

Author(s):

Agu Godswill Agu ◽

Okwuagwu Okuu Kalu ◽

Chidadi Obinna Esi-Ubani ◽

Paul Chinedu Agu

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Structural Model ◽

Developing World ◽

Explanatory Power ◽

Entrepreneurial Intention ◽

Integrated Model ◽

Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽

Sustainable Entrepreneurship ◽

Content Type ◽

Event Model

Purpose The purpose of this study is to integrate and extend two models of entrepreneurial intention to investigate the drivers of sustainable entrepreneurial intention among intermediate undergraduate university students in Nigeria. Specifically, this paper aims to introduce education for sustainable entrepreneurship into the integrated model, thereby fitting the model into the context of sustainable entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach Data was gathered with the help of a structured questionnaire from 435 students of a university in Nigeria. The students passed through a special entrepreneurship training in which they were educated on the concept and practice of sustainable entrepreneurship. SmartPLS was used to test the proposed structural model. Findings The findings revealed that education for sustainable entrepreneurship significantly influences all variables of the integrated model, but has nonsignificant direct influence on sustainable entrepreneurial intention. Sustainable entrepreneurial intention is significantly driven by attitude and propensity to act. Therefore, the inclusion of education for sustainable entrepreneurship into the regression equation adds to its explanatory power. Originality/value This study contributes toward understanding of sustainable entrepreneurial intention of intermediate university students in a developing world context – Nigeria. Above all, it is among the few studies that shed light on the strength of education for sustainable entrepreneurship in the formation of sustainable entrepreneurial intention among students. This study proposes integration and extension (by adding education for sustainable entrepreneurship) of the theory of planned behavior and entrepreneurial event model in learning about students’ intentions to engage in sustainable entrepreneurship.

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Why Do Life Scientists Decide to Become Entrepreneurs? The Role of Motivations

International Journal of Business and Management ◽

10.5539/ijbm.v11n5p57 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 57 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Nadia Di Paola ◽

Rosanna Spano ◽

Roberto Vona ◽

Adele Caldarelli

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽

Life Sciences ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽

Control Beliefs ◽

Process Data ◽

Entrepreneurial Action ◽

Economic Nature ◽

External Incentives

<p>The linkage between entrepreneurial ideas and actions continues to be central to the entrepreneurship debate. However, the possible implications of the various entrepreneurial motivations for the process are still largely understudied. On this basis, our study aims to contextualise the theoretical model linking entrepreneurial intentions, motivations and actions, with particular reference to academic entrepreneurship within the Life Sciences. We use the qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) set-theoretic method to process data gathered amongst 25 scholars active in the Life Sciences context. We carried out the analysis in two steps. The first reveals that a condition which determines entrepreneurial intentions is the absence of normative beliefs together with the presence of control beliefs. In contrast, the research highlights that the entrepreneurial intentions are able to determine the entrepreneurial action. However, as the second step shows, these alone are not sufficient and need to be complemented by extrinsic motivations, that is, those correlated to external incentives/benefits (above all of an economic nature). Our findings offer interesting insights into the whole phenomenon, revealing that the reference to specific contexts may well determine implications which differ from those already detected in the literature, with undeniable effects in terms of managerial and policy implications.</p>

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Impact of Entrepreneurial Education on Entrepreneurial Intentions of Pakistani Students

Journal of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation ◽

10.5296/jebi.v2i1.7534 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 43 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Altaf Hussain ◽

Dr. Norashidah

Keyword(s):

Business Students ◽

Entrepreneurial Intention ◽

Important Variable ◽

Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽

Theoretical Knowledge ◽

Network Development ◽

Entrepreneurial Education ◽

Entrepreneurship Research ◽

Study Results

Why an individual prefer to become an entrepreneur and what factor motivated his intentions for becoming an entrepreneur is considered important question in entrepreneurship research. Entrepreneurial education is considered an important variable which effect on entrepreneurial intentions. However, empirical research results on entrepreneurial education and entrepreneurial intention yielded mixed results. To investigate further this question from developing countries perspective, this paper looks at the role of entrepreneurial education in developing the entrepreneurial intentions for becoming entrepreneur. The sample for this study composed of final year business students from Pakistan. The result of this study supports the entrepreneurial intentions model based on the theory of planned behavior. The results further suggested significant influence of entrepreneurial education on entrepreneurial intentions of the students. Moreover, this study results also showed that theoretical knowledge of entrepreneurship (know-what) and knowledge of social network development (know-who) component are vital for imparting entrepreneurial education.

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Sustainable Entrepreneurship: The Role of Perceived Barriers and Risk

Journal of Business Ethics ◽

10.1007/s10551-017-3646-8 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 157 (4) ◽

pp. 1133-1154 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Brigitte Hoogendoorn ◽

Peter van der Zwan ◽

Roy Thurik

Keyword(s):

Perceived Barriers ◽

Sustainable Entrepreneurship

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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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The mediating role of passion in entrepreneurship intention: Identity centrality and role models increase passion

HCMCOUJS - ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ◽

10.46223/hcmcoujs.econ.en.10.1.223.2020 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Doan Thi Thanh Thuy ◽

Nguyen Tran Cam Linh ◽

Nguyen Ngoc Dan Thanh

Keyword(s):

Role Models ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Role Model ◽

Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Entrepreneurial Passion ◽

Start Up ◽

Identity Centrality ◽

Entrepreneurial Role

Entrepreneurial passion is the key to starting a business. Passion motivates desire so that entrepreneurs strive to achieve success. Passion is not only the experience of intense emotions but also a part of identity centrality. On the other hand, an individual’s entrepreneurial decisions can be influenced by the opinions and behaviors conveyed by others and a person's career ambitions can be significantly stimulated if they have a role model. The role model, in addition to inspiration, also plays an important role in helping individuals learn to identify themselves so entrepreneurial role models impart entrepreneurial passion for individuals to shape entrepreneurial intentions. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of passion in both relationships: between entrepreneurial identity centrality and entrepreneurship intention as well as between the entrepreneurial role model and entrepreneurship intention. The study is a quantitative research, data is surveyed in a single time collected from a population. 531 questionnaires are distributed to young people who are studying and working in Ho Chi Minh City and has the intention to start-up their own business. The findings of the research show that both above relationships are significantly mediated by passion. The research could support the theory of distal and proximal antecedence that influence entrepreneurship intention for students.

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