Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Study on Students from Countryside University

Haque, Reiazul; Kabir, Md. Zahangir; Rahman, Md. Mostafizur; Chowdhury, Sourav Paul; Islam, Saiful

doi:10.18488/journal.aefr.2017.710.972.980

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“…The findings are consistent with earlier studies which have supported the influence of subjective norms on EI among students (Codrina et al , 2012; Davis, 2017; Haque et al , 2017; Iakovleva et al , 2011; Ilesanmigbenga, 2017; Kautonen et al , 2015; Lo et al , 2012; Shirokova et al , 2018; Solesvik, 2017). However, the findings contradict previous research (Ali et al , 2014; Bayon et al , 2015; Esfandiar et al , 2017; Juan et al , 2005; Robledo et al , 2015; Santos et al , 2016; Zhang et al , 2014) which showed that PSN was a weak predictor of EI.…”

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confidence: 92%

Perceived social norms, psychological capital and entrepreneurial intention among undergraduate students in Bukavu

Ephrem

Namatovu

Basalirwa

2019

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Purpose Entrepreneurship is important for economic growth, through its role in the provision of employment. In the recent past, a number of African universities have developed entrepreneurship education courses to facilitate the growing demand for entrepreneurs in the market. An immediate outcome anticipated from entrepreneurship education is to increase entrepreneurial intention (EI) among the participants. Unfortunately, most of the entrepreneurship education in developing economies has not been linked to an increase in the EI of students. This paper thus proposes that it is when students possess high levels of psychological capital and perceive positive social norms that entrepreneurship education will lead to positive EI. The purpose of this paper is to establish the relationship between perceived social norms (PSN), psychological capital and EI of university students. Design/methodology/approach Quantitative data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire on a random sample of 196 final year entrepreneurship and business management students, from three universities in Bukavu (East of DRC). Structural equation modeling was used to test the research hypotheses. Findings The paper provides four main findings. First, PSN and psychological capital have a positive significant effect on EI. Second, PSN contribute more to this effect than psychological capital. Third, PSN make a positive and significant effect on psychological capital. Lastly, psychological capital positively mediates the relationship between PSN and EI. Research limitations/implications This study could have benefited from a qualitative approach to have a more in-depth explanation of these relationships. The study is conducted amongst students who operate in a controlled environment. This may not reflect the actual behavior of entrepreneurs. Practical implications This work provides cues of what entrepreneurship educators should consider as they recruit and train students. Specifically, the study highlights the importance of students’ psychological capital and positive social norms in transforming entrepreneurial education into intention. Originality/value This study adds value to knowledge by highlighting the mediating role of psychological capital on the relationship between PSN and EI.

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confidence: 92%

Perceived social norms, psychological capital and entrepreneurial intention among undergraduate students in Bukavu

Ephrem

Namatovu

Basalirwa

2019

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“…The results of this study run contrary to the findings of Kruegar et al (2000, in USA) [1], and Kuttim et al, 2014 [28], whose study of 17 European countries showed that subjective norm does not have significant effect on entrepreneurial intentions. The result is, however, consistent with findings of Tegtmeier (2012) [15], Liñán & Chen, 2009 [29], and the recent studies such as Haque et al, 2017 [30]. The unique disclosure of the present study is that subjective norm accounts for more variance in entrepreneurial intention than perceived behavioral control.…”

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Entrepreneurial Intention of Undergraduates in Nigeria: The Role of Subjective Norm

Gujrati¹,

Lawan²,

Jain³

et al. 2019

IJRTE

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This study aims to measure the entrepreneurial intention of Nigerian undergraduates with interest in the predictive capacity of subjective norm. By using the theory of planned behavior, a self-developed questionnaire-based survey was employed. Three hundred and forty-two undergraduates participated in the study. They were selected from six universities across the three geo-political zones in the Northern part of Nigerian, using multi-stage stratified random sampling technique. Pearson Product-Moment Correlation along with Hierarchical Multiple Linear Regression have been used for data analysis purpose. The study finds that all the three antecedents of intention, as mentioned in the theory of planned behavior (attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control) are significant predictors of entrepreneurial intention. The important finding throws light that only about 20% of the variance could have been explained by the used model. Therefore, the study argues that other factors like entrepreneurship education, improved business scenario etc. may be the other possible factors of predicting the intention. Further, the results uniquely showed that subjective norm is the second most significant predictor in explaining the entrepreneurship intention of Nigerian undergraduate after entrepreneurial attitude. This may be attributed to the collectivist culture of Northern Nigeria from where the samples have been collected. Practical implications of the study have been discussed.

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“…Students are more likely to be interested in entrepreneurship when they think it will lead to the desired results, it will gain the approval of others (Mmakgabo 2014). The decision to start an entrepreneurial activity is to a greater extent determined by the motivation of opportunity, rather than the motivation of necessity (Herrington & Kew 2017;Maque 2017). The data in Table 5 show that students from Latvia in the pandemic would rather plan their business in such areas as advertising/marketing/design (19.7%), trade (wholesale/retail) (12.3%), education (11.5%).…”

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Mobility in the context of entrepreneurial potential of students under the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic (Latvia, Georgia)

Menshikov¹,

Bedianashvili²,

Ruza³

et al. 2021

JESI

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The aim of the study is to assess the role of the university environment of higher education institutions in Latvia in the formation and promotion of the entrepreneurial potential of students under the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, paying special attention to the impact of the protracted epidemic crisis on entrepreneurial mobility. In the scientific literature, various systems of mobility are predominantly positively assessed in terms of increasing labour activity, given the increasing availability of distance employment. At the same time, distance employment also has some negative aspects, mainly reflected in the issues of social trust. In our case, the research problem was to elucidate the impact of the crisis in the life of universities, primarily the massive transition to distance learning, on the state of the entrepreneurial potential of students, especially in terms of their entrepreneurial mobility. For this purpose, exploratory research was carried out at the universities of Latvia (Daugavpils University) and Georgia (Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and European University). The results of the sociological survey show that the massive transition to distance learning, the expansion the use of information and communication technology by students, is still only to a small extent continued in increasing the entrepreneurial potential, expanding entrepreneurial mobility. Moreover, the crisis situation related to the COVID-19 pandemic even more constrains students to implement their ideas in the field of personal business due to a one-sided attitude to risk as an unequivocally negative factor in the field of entrepreneurship. On the basis of the empirical data obtained, recommendations were made to the administration of universities and the leaders of public associations dealing with the promotion of entrepreneurial activity of students on the basis of more effective ways to increase their entrepreneurial mobility. The methods used by the authors include axiomatic analysis and synthesis, monographic, sociological survey, statistical analysis of quantitative data from a questionnaire survey.

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Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Study on Students from Countryside University

Cited by 10 publications

References 12 publications

Perceived social norms, psychological capital and entrepreneurial intention among undergraduate students in Bukavu

Perceived social norms, psychological capital and entrepreneurial intention among undergraduate students in Bukavu

Entrepreneurial Intention of Undergraduates in Nigeria: The Role of Subjective Norm

Mobility in the context of entrepreneurial potential of students under the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic (Latvia, Georgia)

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