Sustainable entrepreneurship intention among university students in Uganda: A conceptual paper

Sendawula, Kasimu; Turyakira, Peter

doi:10.5897/ajbm2017.8447

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“…Chatterjee and Das (2016) argue that leadership, human relation, technical and inborn aptitude are equally important skills in promoting business success. Other scholars such as Cooney (2012), Sendawula et al (2018) present technical, interpersonal, entrepreneurial, management and personal maturity skills as other entrepreneurship skills that are vital in the entrepreneurial journey of the youths. In the context of this study, we focus on technical, managerial, personal maturity and entrepreneurial skills in order to establish which of these matter most in fostering sustainable business start-up.…”

Section: Sustainable Business Start-upmentioning

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Entrepreneurship skills: do all dimensions of skills matter for sustainable business start-up?

Tibaingana,

Sendawula,

Buyinza

et al. 2023

JEPP

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to establish whether all the dimensions of entrepreneurship skills matter for sustainable business start-up among the youths, using evidence from a developing economy.Design/methodology/approachThis was cross-sectional study which utilized a quantitative approach. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire from 254 youths who undertook skills training at the various government-supported business skills training centers in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA), that is to say, Kampala, Mukono and Wakiso. Data collected were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) to derive descriptive, correlational and hierarchical regression.FindingsStudy findings indicate that unlike entrepreneurial skills, management, technical and personal maturity skills matter for the sustainability of business start-up of youths in Uganda. However, when all skills are compared, management skills matter most as compared to technical and personal maturity skills.Originality/valueThis study strengthens the existing literature on the sustainable business start-up of youths in Uganda. It is also relevant for policy decision-making and policy reversal because it demonstrates that skilling is pertinent and should be encouraged and rolled out across the country to encourage sustainable youth business start-ups. To increase sustainable business start-up among youths, management skills should be prioritized, together with technical and personal maturity skills, compared to entrepreneurial skills, which should only be emphasized at the idea generation, planning, resource mobilization and business implementation stages.

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Section: Sustainable Business Start-upmentioning

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Entrepreneurship skills: do all dimensions of skills matter for sustainable business start-up?

Tibaingana,

Sendawula,

Buyinza

et al. 2023

JEPP

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“…The relations between entrepreneurship, environment, and sustainable development and economic growth has been presented in the literatures studied by different paradigms trough different study approaches [17]. The studies are different because of different names and themes, including "ecopreneurship" [30,31], "environmental entrepreneurship/enviropreneurship" [32]. "Green entrepreneurship" [33], and "sustainable entrepreneurship" [4].…”

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An Environmental Sustainability-Based Ecopreneurship Learning Process

Herlina¹,

Disman²,

Sapriya³

et al. 2021

Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research

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Considering a significant increase in number of young entrepreneurs, this study was attempted to identify students' role in an ecopreneurship-based social science learning in order maintain environmental sustainability. This is a qualitative study using a case study approach. This study revealed that the ecopreneruship learning conducted in university environment was not significantly effective since not all of students experienced the real context through field study. They only focused on classroom learning and did not have interest to initiate and develop an environmental-based enterprise. The eminence of the implementation of this learning process in this study was the emergence of students' awareness, intention, and action to learn about environmental-based enterprise. This study also recommends a cooperation between university and ecopreneurs so that the students can directly and comprehensively learn and practice or even build an enterprise without neglecting their environmental sustainability for the economic growth.

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“…The entrepreneurial intention has been recognized as a fundamental variable in the study of entrepreneurial behavior because it is a characteristic with a reliable capacity to predict the creation of new businesses in the future [ 12 ]. In the field of sustainability, sustainable entrepreneurial intention is a mental state that demonstrates a person’s conviction and commitment to create a new business in the future that generates economic, social, and environmental values [ 3 ]; or, in more concrete terms, it is the likelihood that the individual will practice sustainable entrepreneurship in the future [ 13 ]. Most research has analyzed students’ entrepreneurial intention in general or students’ social entrepreneurial intention.…”

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Analysing the effect of resilience and perceived social environment on university students' intention to start sustainable ventures

Barrera-Verdugo,

Cadena-Echverría,

Durán-Sandoval

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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The literature mostly has addressed the determinants of entrepreneurial intention in general and social entrepreneurship, without focusing specifically on sustainable entrepreneurial intention despite it has become highly relevant in addressing environmental degradation and social challenges. This study aims to contributes to the understanding of psychological and social factors that influence sustainable business, evaluating the effect of resilience, subjective norms, and perceived social support on sustainable entrepreneurial intention. We analysed the online survey responses of 433 students from Chile and Ecuador enrolled in business and engineering programs using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Models (PLS-SEM), moreover, a multi-group analysis (MGA) has been conducted to assess gender differences. The findings have supported the positive effect of psychological resilience and subjective norms on perceived social support, besides, an important effect of social support on sustainable entrepreneurial intention was found. These results offer new evidence regarding the significance of the social environment, support networks, and resilience of university students in fostering the establishment of sustainable businesses with a focus on social well-being and environmental protection in Latin America. This is particularly pertinent as the countries in this region are grappling with social and environmental challenges that could be addressed through sustainable entrepreneurship.

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Sustainable entrepreneurship intention among university students in Uganda: A conceptual paper

Cited by 13 publications

References 48 publications

Entrepreneurship skills: do all dimensions of skills matter for sustainable business start-up?

Entrepreneurship skills: do all dimensions of skills matter for sustainable business start-up?

An Environmental Sustainability-Based Ecopreneurship Learning Process

Analysing the effect of resilience and perceived social environment on university students' intention to start sustainable ventures

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