Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intention: A Case of Business Students from Pakistan
Palabras clave:
Entrepreneurial intention, determinants of entrepreneurial intention, business students.
Resumen
Entrepreneurship is considered as a very relevant activity to stimulate growth for the country’s economies. This study offers multiple factors that promote entrepreneurial intention (EI) among the business students in Pakistan. More specifically, this study focus on attitude toward entrepreneurship (ATE), perceived support (PS), self-confidence (SC), and Subjective norms (SN), in determining the students’ EI. Data were collected from 102 business graduates from a business school. Results suggested that except ATE, all the factors have significant positive influence on students EI. The study provides useful information for the educational institutions, business schools and the policy makers to promote entrepreneurial education and EI among the business students to accelerate social and economic development.
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Ajzen, I., & Fishbein, M. (1980). Understanding attitudes and predicting social behavior. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Ajzen, I., & Fishbein, M. (2000). Attitudes and the Attitude-Behavior Relation: Reasoned and Automatic Processes. European Review of Social Psychology, 11(1), 1–33.
Alsos, G. A., Isaksen, E. J., & Ljunggren, E. (2006). New Venture Financing and Subsequent Business Growth in Men– and Women–Led Businesses. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 30(5), 667–686.
Appolloni, A., & Gaddam, S. (2009). Identifying the Effect of Psychological Variables on Entrepreneurial Intentions. SSRN Scholarly Paper, Rochester, NY: Social Science Research Network.
Audet, J. (2004). A Longitudinal Study of the Entrepreneurial Intentions of University Students. Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal, 10(1–2), 3.
Bagozzi, R. P., Baumgartner, J., & Yi, Y. (1989). An investigation into the role of intentions as mediators of the attitude-behavior relationship. Journal of Economic Psychology, 10(1), 35–62.
Baughn, C. C., Cao, J. S. R., Le, L. T. M., Lim, V. A., & Neupert, K. E. (2006). Normative, social and cognitive predictors of entrepreneurial interest in china, vietnam and the philippines. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 11(01), 57–77.
Bénabou, R., & Tirole, J. (2002). Self-Confidence and Personal Motivation. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 117(3), 871–915.
Davidsson, P. (1989). Continued Entrepreneurship and Small Firm Growth. A Dissertation for the Doctor’s Degree in Business Administration Stockholm School of Economics 1989: Stockholm University.
Davidsson, P., & Honig, B. L. (2003). The role of social and human capital among nascent entrepreneurs. Journal of Business Venturing, 18, 301–331.
Dvouletý, O. (2017). Determinants of Nordic entrepreneurship. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 24(1), 12–33.
Fishbein, M., & Ajzen, I. (1975). Belief, attitude, intention, and behavior social behavior. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
Frost, J. (2013). Regression Analysis: How Do I Interpret R-squared and Assess the Goodness-of-Fit?
Gartner, W. B., & Shane, S. A. (1995). Measuring entrepreneurship over time. Journal of Business Venturing, 10(4), 283–301.
Keat, O. (2008). Inclination towards entrepreneurship among Malaysian university students in Northern Peninsular Malaysia. Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship: Swinburne University of Technology, 2008.
Kolvereid, L. (1996). Prediction of Employment Status Choice Intentions. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 21(1), 47–58.
Kraaijenbrink, J., Bos, G., & Groen, A. (2010). What do students think of the entrepreneurial support given by their universities? International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 9(1), 110.
Krueger, N. F., Reilly, M. D., & Carsrud, A. L. (2000). Competing models of entrepreneurial intentions. Journal of Business Venturing, 15(5), 411–432.
Liñán, F., & Chen, Y. (2009). Development and Cross–Cultural Application of a Specific Instrument to Measure Entrepreneurial Intentions. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 33(3), 593–617.
ORIC’s HEC, Pakistan. (2010).
Peterman, N. E., & Kennedy, J. (2003). Enterprise Education: Influencing Students’ Perceptions of Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 28(2), 129–144.
Redlich, F. (1949). The Origin of the Concepts of. SSRN Scholarly Paper, Rochester, NY: Social Science Research Network.
Saeed, S., Yousafzai, S. Y., Yani‐De‐Soriano, M., & Muffatto, M. (2015). The Role of Perceived University Support in the Formation of Students’ Entrepreneurial Intention. Journal of Small Business Management, 53(4), 1127–1145.
Sama-Ae, T. (2009). An Examination on the Entrepreneurial Intention among Thai Students at Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). masters, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
Shapero, A., & Sokol, L. (1982). The Social Dimensions of Entrepreneurship. SSRN Scholarly Paper, Rochester, NY: Social Science Research Network.
Trevelyan, R. (2009). Entrepreneurial Attitudes and Action in New Venture Development. The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 10(1), 21–32.
Veciana, J. M., Aponte, M., & Urbano, D. (2005). University Students’ Attitudes Towards Entrepreneurship: A Two Countries Comparison. The International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 1(2), 165–182.
Yeung, H. W.-C. (2002). Entrepreneurship in International Business: An Institutional Perspective. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 19(1), 29–61.
Yordanova, D.I., & Tarrazon, M.A. (2010). Gender differences in entrepreneurial intentions: evidence from bulgaria. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 15(03), 245–261.
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2019-09-05
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ud-Din, S.-. (2019). Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intention: A Case of Business Students from Pakistan. Revista Científica Del Amazonas, 2(4), 27-40. Recuperado a partir de https://revistadelamazonas.info/index.php/amazonas/article/view/20
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