Self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention in university students: a Systematic Review of Literature

Abstract

Entrepreneurial self-efficacy is the strength of an individual's beliefs of his or her ability to perform various functions and tasks of entrepreneurship successfully, while Entrepreneurial Intent is the individual's ability to seek new experiences and explore ideas. Both selfefficacy and entrepreneurial intention are essential skills for the university professional who need the new times. The aim of this research is to identify the latest trends and other key aspects of research on this topic, for which a Systematic Literature Review is carried out.

Factors Associated with Entrepreneurial Behavior in Students of a Peruvian University

“…In Latin America, specifically during the last decade, countries such as Uruguay, Colombia and Chile, have given importance to research on entrepreneurial intention in students of educational institutions (Galleguillos-Cortés et al, 2019); (Valenzuela-Keller et al, 2021). In this regard, Diez, 2020, Valenzuela-Keller et al, 2021, D'Armas et al, 2022, state that there is no consensus regarding the most specific and relevant factors in entrepreneurial development, because currently there is still the paradigm that entrepreneurs are born as such, generating several investigations on the subject. All of them converge in a common point, that entrepreneurship is generated as a product of what is learned in educational institutions.…”