Entrepreneurial Intention Among Undergraduate Students Using The Entrepreneurial Intention Model

Abstract

This study investigated undergraduate students' entrepreneurial intentions using the Entrepreneurial Intention Model (EIM). The model was adapted from the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). Three variables, namely professional attraction, social valuation, and entrepreneurial capacity were included in the study of entrepreneurial intention based on the EIM. This study applied a modified version of the Entrepreneurial Intention Question (EIQ) by Liñán and Chen. A convenience sample was drawn and a total of 136 students from Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Malaysia participated in the study. The questionnaire was distributed using Google forms through various social media applications such as WhatsApp, Twitter, and Facebook. The collected data was analysed using multiple linear regression analysis. Three hypotheses were generated in this study and the results showed that all three hypotheses were supported. Professional attraction, social valuation, and entrepreneurial capacity had an influence on university students' entrepreneurial intention. The results of this study showed that the students have a strong desire to become entrepreneurs and that they are interested in pursuing entrepreneurship as a career path in the future. Their social circles were also important to them, despite the fact that they were aware that entrepreneurship was not a high priority in their social circles. Apart from that, they are aware of the necessary skills, attitudes, and abilities to become entrepreneurs. This study is useful for higher learning institutions and governmental and non-governmental agencies to further enhance entrepreneurship development programs at the university level, particularly during the post-COVID-19 pandemic period.

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“…Yet, these findings do not harmonize with previous studies like the ones conducted by Mahmood (2020) who concluded that EA has a significant relationship with Pakistan Gen Z students' EI; Hossain et al (2023) pointed out via their study in universities located in Bangladesh that EA positively and significantly impact EI of these students; and Frunzaru and Cismaru (2018), Cekule et al (2023) who conducted their studies in Romania, China, and Latvia, respectively, in their studies, they observed that TR have a significant relationship with students' EI. Last but not least, Nawang (2023) was able to conclude after conducting a study in a Malaysian context that EI of students is significantly and positively impacted by PC and EA. Hence, despite other studies conclusions, our sample's EA and PC levels do not explain EI which is congruent with Mohammed et al (2017).…”

“…he world COVID 19 pandemic has changed all perspectives in several fields, and as any other crisis, it led to consider working conditions as uncertain (Nawang, 2023). Moreover, we cannot deny that the environment in which businesses operate nowadays is a VUCA "volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous" environment (Boyer, 2020).…”