Relationship between prior entrepreneurship exposure and entrepreneurial intention among secondary school learners in Gauteng, South Africa

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of prior entrepreneurship exposure on entrepreneurial intention and its antecedents. Data were collected from 349 secondary school learners in Mamelodi, Gauteng province of South Africa using a cross-sectional survey. Data were analysed using SPSS by means of regression analysis and descriptive statistics. The results revealed that prior entrepreneurship exposure in the form of current business ownership, entrepreneurial role models in the family, among friends, and knowing other entrepreneurs have no significant effect on entrepreneurial intention and its antecedents. Prior start-up experience, knowledge of successful entrepreneurs, and entrepreneurship education had a significant positive relationship with entrepreneurial intention. Prior start-up experience and knowledge of successful entrepreneurs were positively related to attitude towards entrepreneurship and subjective norms. Knowledge of successful entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship education had a significant positive relationship with perceived behavioural control. Additionally, a significant positive relationship was found between entrepreneurship education and subjective norms.

The influence of family business background on the entrepreneurial intention of individuals

“…Our results may be limited by our sample size, nonetheless they compare favourably with similar studies (Bignotti -Le Roux 2020;Chilenga et al 2022;Malebana 2023). As entrepreneurship studies focusing on Hungary are not scarce and the country has a strong entrepreneurial culture and provides students with education, resources, and policy support for entrepreneurship (Wu -Rudnák 2021), such aspects limit the novelty of advantages our empirical data has in terms of comparability and generalisability.…”

“…Although acceptable R 2 levels vary strongly between the research fields, research scopes and models in the context of factors of entrepreneurial intentions and family background, similar studies indicate comparable levels of R 2 (i.e. Malebana and Mothibi (2023): 0.112 -0.298; Nungsari et al (2023): 0.337). The increase in R 2 through the hierarchical extension of the models is continuous.…”

“…Hierarchical regression analysis was conducted (Gelman -Hill 2006), where each set of independent variables was entered one at a time, to determine if independent variables explained a statistically significant portion of the variance in entrepreneurial intention, after accounting for all other factors. Similar hierarchical frameworks were applied in this research field by Chilenga et al (2022) or Malebana and Mothibi (2023). With regard to our research model, we theoretically assumed that regression should proceed through the origin point.…”

“…With regard to our research model, we theoretically assumed that regression should proceed through the origin point. Hence regression models did not include an intercept or constant variable (see also Malebana -Mothibi 2023). In addition to the main effect approach, whereby the dependent variable is expressed as a function of independent variables, a moderation approach was also applied.…”

Ambientes e mecanismos institucionais no contexto da educação para o empreendedorismo

“…Nesse sentido, esta pesquisa buscou verificar a existência de ambientes e mecanismos institucionais no Instituto Federal do Piauí para apoiar a educação para o empreendedorismo e a geração de inovações nos diversos Campi da instituição. educação para o empreendedorismo maximiza a exposição do aluno ao empreendedorismo e estimula a intenção empreendedora; ajuda a inspirar a geração mais jovem a prosseguir na carreira empreendedora (Malebana;Mothibi, 2023); incentiva a criação de novos negócios, inovações e novas tecnologias (Ribeiro et al 2022); e que o ambiente universitário em que esse processo educacional é desenvolvido pode exercer influência na intenção empreendedora do estudante (Maia et al 2023).…”