Influence of the link between resources and behavioural factors on the entrepreneurial intentions of electrical installation and maintenance work students

Abstract

With a theory of planned behaviour (TPB) framework, this study examined how the link between resources and behavioural factors influence the entrepreneurial intentions of electrical installation and maintenance work (EIMW) students. It showed how available resources, which are defined as those controlled by the technical institutions but are accessible by the students, influence their behaviour and consequently their entrepreneurial intention. Different approaches are used in the study to analyse the primary data collected from EIMW students and an empirical analysis was done using structural equation model. The study showed the robustness of TPB model in the face of available resource that attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control are behavioural factors that can be positively influence by several exogenous factors to enhance EIMW students’ entrepreneurial intentions. The results of the study enhance the institutional training of staff and instructors at all management to give career counselling services and be vast in the career opportunities available in the field of study. This skill will motivate EIMW students towards establishing their business venture.

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“…For these reasons, intention is the central variable in most studies on entrepreneurial behaviour, most of which aim to design causal models to predict it. The remaining personal variables, and occasionally some contextual variables, constitute the independent variables in such causal models [52][53][54]. Regarding its definition, entrepreneurial intention is conceived as an entrepreneur's propensity to make an intentional, deliberate and planned decision to create a new venture [53,55].…”

“…However, it is the TPB model that predominates in the literature due to its higher predictive power [61,62]. The TPB model's intention to start a new venture depends on the attitude towards entrepreneurship, perceived control and subjective norm [53,63]. Attitude corresponds to desirability, included in the EEM model, and is defined as the personal valuation about being an entrepreneur [53,63].…”

“…The TPB model's intention to start a new venture depends on the attitude towards entrepreneurship, perceived control and subjective norm [53,63]. Attitude corresponds to desirability, included in the EEM model, and is defined as the personal valuation about being an entrepreneur [53,63]. Regarding perceived behavioural control, this is a variable similar to perceived feasibility in the Shapero and Sokol model and is defined as an individual's assessment of the extent to which they can perform a specific behaviour [53,63,64].…”

“…Attitude corresponds to desirability, included in the EEM model, and is defined as the personal valuation about being an entrepreneur [53,63]. Regarding perceived behavioural control, this is a variable similar to perceived feasibility in the Shapero and Sokol model and is defined as an individual's assessment of the extent to which they can perform a specific behaviour [53,63,64]. Perceived control is a construct closely related to self-efficacy, defined as the belief in resources and competencies to achieve one's goals [65,66].…”

“…Perceived control is a construct closely related to self-efficacy, defined as the belief in resources and competencies to achieve one's goals [65,66]. Finally, subjective norms refer to how the subject himself perceives that his behaviour will be accepted by his belonging or reference group [53,62]. The influence of subjective norms is similar to the process of entrepreneurial role adoption by the subject that she or he observes in a known person or a family member, which largely explains the succession process [67,68].…”