The Impact of Entrepreneurship Perceptions on Entrepreneurial Intention During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The global pandemic of COVID-19 is a challenge for entrepreneurship education in universities and various organizations. Although positive responses to overcome the challenges of COVID-19 are being made, entrepreneurship strategies and policies might not meet students’ requirements. In order to enrich education management research, the main aim of this study is to provide a conceptual model and examine the relationship between perceptions, perceived positive attitudes on entrepreneurship education, and entrepreneurial intention (EI) during the COVID-19 crisis. The model is tested by using data from universities that are located in Shanghai, P.R. China. The study reveals that 1) perceived social norms and perceived self-efficacy positively influence perceived positive attitudes in entrepreneurship education; 2) there is no relationship between perceived entrepreneurial barriers and perceived positive attitudes in entrepreneurship education; 3) perceived positive attitudes in entrepreneurship education positively influence EI. The findings contribute to university and government policies on the development of entrepreneurial education. The framework of this study provides insight into the influential factors of entrepreneurship education that contribute to theoretical studies in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Resilience in Adversity: COVID-19 Pandemic Challenges in Diminishing Entrepreneurial Intentions and Business Startups

“…Arve et al [5]'s findings underline the profound effect of external uncertainties by depicting the lockdown's catastrophic impact on entrepreneurial intentions and resilience. Similarly, as observed by [23], the uncertainty of COVID-19 acts as a resistant force against entrepreneurial intentions and hinders the entrepreneurial decision-making process. The collective findings underscore across diverse contexts the nuanced and multifaceted nature of the relationship between the uncertainty of COVID-19 and entrepreneurial intentions.…”

“…The tremendous impact of external uncertainty is depicted in the findings of [5], which describe the lockdown's disastrous impacts on entrepreneurial intentions and resilience. Similarly, uncertainty about COVID-19 is a barrier to entrepreneurial intentions, impeding the decision-making process [23]. The combined results highlight in various settings the complex and varied relationship between the uncertainty of COVID-19 and entrepreneurial intentions.…”

“…Also, its high sample sizes allow for generalizability and, consequently, aid broader use of the study's findings [61]. In a similar field, scholars such as [2,4,6,23,24,30,32,41,45,46,52] applied the same technique to investigate entrepreneurial intentions and business startups in diverse situations.…”

The Effect of Resilience on Entrepreneurial Intention in Higher Education Students in a Post-Covid Stage 19

“…Several authors have shown the effect of entrepreneurial intention from various perspectives (Trivedo, 2016); Li et al (2021a) found in Chinese university students that entrepreneurial intention provides theoretical evidence to support the foundations of education and culture of entrepreneurship. Likewise, other studies have found that elements such as education and knowledge are crucial to strengthening entrepreneurial intention in university students, which contributes to the economic growth of regions, including in critical stages such as post-COVID-19 (Li et al, 2021b;Wang et al, 2021;Engidaw, 2021).…”

The Effect of Perceived Threat of Terrorism on Entrepreneurial Behavior: Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Intention

“…If a person is facing continuous threat to his life and belongings, he can never develop any kind of positive intentions within himself. More precisely, Li et al, (2021), have proposed that if the available resources of human being are under threat, due to that perception of threat they never develop intention or make-up their mind to entrepreneurial intentions. This connection of entrepreneurial intentions with threat of terrorism can be elaborated through discussing the conservation of resource theory as mentioned below;…”