Entrepreneurship Education Enrollment Intentions: The Effect of Attitudes, Norms, and Personality

An examination of how personal characteristics moderate the relationship between startup intent and entrepreneurship education

“…Similarly, individuals with high startup intent are also likely to participate in business planning competitions/pitch offs, join business networking organizations and seek out other opportunities to enhance their entrepreneurial ideas (Pollack et al, 2012). Further, startup intent has been found to have an indirect effect on the relationship between business-related individual characteristics and attitudes and seeking EE, suggesting that intent to start up a business is crucial to seeking EE for those who are predisposed to do so due to personality or probusiness attitudes (Burch et al, 2019). Finally, startup intent facilitates EE via sending potential entrepreneurs on the multistage, iterative, path dependent process of venture creation (Alvarez et al, 2013) which will in turn lead them to seek out entrepreneurial knowledge possessed by EE programs (Ahmed et al, 2020).…”

“…Specifically, variables such as attitude toward education and business predict EE intentions (e.g. Burch et al. , 2019; Rideout and Gray, 2013), while variables such as confidence in one's entrepreneurial abilities and risk tolerance predict startup intent (Valliere, 2015) and personality type predicts both (Huber et al.…”

“…Further, EE also helps potential entrepreneurs comprehend the multistage venture creation process, understand the risks associated with entrepreneurship, learn to expect and Relationship between startup intent and EE deal with failure, and develop an innovative mindset which can be utilized in other contexts besides new venture creation (Bandera et al, 2020). Notably, research finds a consistent link between startup intent (how likely an individual is to pursue new venture creation) and EE intentions (how likely an individual is to pursue EE) (Burch et al, 2019). However, despite the benefits of EE, many individuals who lack EE continue to launch new firms (Lyons and Zhang, 2018); perceived entrepreneurial efficacy hinders EE intentions (Williams et al, 2018), and new firm failure rates remain stubbornly high (Bogatyreva et al, 2019).…”

“…, 2020). Notably, research finds a consistent link between startup intent (how likely an individual is to pursue new venture creation) and EE intentions (how likely an individual is to pursue EE) (Burch et al. , 2019).…”

Gender Differences in Entrepreneurship Education of the Students of Management

“…Many similar studies show that completing entrepreneurship courses will increase students' intention to engage in entrepreneurial activities (Pihie and Akmaliah, 2009). For example, Burch, Murphy and Tocher (2019) found that perceived norms, personality traits, and education and business attitudes influence entrepreneurship education intentions. Entrepreneurship courses can help eliminate business concerns and gain confidence in the realisation of a business plan.…”