Multilevel analysis of entrepreneurial intention of engineering graduating students in Ethiopia

Abstract

Recently, entrepreneurship has been given serious devotion due to its importance on economic growth, job creation, sources of innovation and productivity. So, this paper aims to identify the determinants of entrepreneurial intention of engineering graduating students in Ethiopia. Stratified sampling technique was employed and data were collected via questionnaire from 921 students from the target population. The study utilized regression statistics to analyze the data. The data used for this study is hierarchally structured and hence multilevel binary logistic model was used to identify the relationship between predictor and outcome variables by taking into account both level-1 (students' characteristics) and level-2 (universities characteristics) in regression relationships. The model result founds that personal attitude, perceived educational and relational support are the significant predictors of entrepreneurial intention of students at 5% level. The policymakers should facilitate entrepreneurship trainings to change attitude of students and strength the cooperation between students and fund raisers.

The Mediation Role of University Environment in the Relationship between Self-Efficacy and Family Environment on Entrepreneurial Education Interest: A PLS-SEM Approach

“…The existence of this family environmental factor means that students' interest in entrepreneurship will be high because of encouragement from the family. This statement is consistent with studies by Ayalew (2021), Chen et al (2022), Discua et al (2021), andMaczulskij &Viinikainen (2023) that family influence has a positive and significant influence on students' intentions to become entrepreneurs. Many studies related to interest in entrepreneurship have been carried out (Fragoso et al, 2020;Omisakin & Adegoke, 2022;Pinel, 2022).…”

“…The existence of these family environmental factors means that students' interest in entrepreneurship will be high because of encouragement from the family. Research by Ayalew (2021) and Discua et al (2021) reveals that entrepreneurial interest develops in a person when the environment is supportive because interest is formed from the family environment. Hernández-Perlines et al ( 2020) also said that through a family an entrepreneurial mindset is formed, and interest in entrepreneurship grows and develops well in someone who lives and grows in an entrepreneurial family environment.…”

“…This is in line with person's interest in entrepreneurship if he has high self-confidence, meaning that the higher the entrepreneurial motivation with selfefficacy, the higher the influence in entrepreneurship. In addition, Ayalew (2021) and Hahn et al (2021) state that the emergence of interest and motivation for entrepreneurship in students is the formation of student learning motivation from their persistence in learning and having responsibility for school assignments.…”

Factors influencing the complex problem-solving skills in reflective learning: results from partial least square structural equation modeling and fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis

“…Previous research results have proved that there is a significant positive correlation between CPS skills and academic performance [ 2 ], that is, the stronger the problem-solving skill, the better the academic performance. Similarly, it is also considered to have a great influence on career selection [ 3 ], career development [ 4 ], and job competency training [ 5 ]. Therefore, the improvement of the above-mentioned comprehensive qualities, such as learning ability and post competence, and the cultivation of CPS skills, has been emphasized by a variety of teaching strategies, such as problem-based learning (PBL) [ 6 ], context-based learning (CBL) [ 7 ], situational simulation [ 8 ], and reflective learning [ 9 ].…”