What it is important to know about the effect of religious beliefs on entrepreneurial intention: The case of university students

Abstract

Entrepreneurial Intention (EI) is one of the dimensions most studied and validated scientifically in the literature associated with entrepreneurship. This study intends to go one step further in developing the literature by presenting little studied dimensions as direct antecedents of EI. Its aim is to analyse the influence of the dimensions of Religious Beliefs, Psychological and Cognitive Factors, and Social Influence on the EI of students in higher education institutions (HEI).Five hundred and eight questionnaires were collected from higher education students, 32% of them male and 68% female. The results show that the model proposed has good explanatory power and confirms its robustness in forecasting students' EI, validating all the research hypotheses with very robust and statistically significant factor loadings.This corroborates the scarce literature on the subject, especially concerning the influence of Religious Beliefs on EI.

From Belief to Business: Cultivating the Impact of Intrinsic Religiosity on Entrepreneurial Intentions via Meaning in Life and Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy

“…To gain a comprehensive understanding of the influence of religious beliefs and moral behavior on modern entrepreneurship, there is a dire need to delve deeper into the historical context of work, entrepreneurial behaviors, and market morality, especially concerning business. 61 The limitations of this study include; first, only the data was gathered from Pakistan and other countries were not considered for the analysis. As a result, the data can only be considered as a sample of the Pakistani context, and the results may not be generalizable to the larger population globally.…”