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An Investigation of Factors Influencing Entrepreneurial Intention amongst University Students

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The aim of this study is to investigate the factors affecting the entrepreneurial intention (EI) of university students. In order to do so, EI, individual entrepreneurial orientation, self-efficacy, perceived educational support, perceived relational support, perceived structural support, knowledge sharing, and gender were used within the proposed model, and the constructed hypotheses were evaluated using SEM.

The findings of a survey of 268 students show that self-efficacy is the strongest influencer of students’ EI. The findings also show the mediating influence of self-efficacy on the environmental components.

Additionally, male students are more likely than female students to have EI.

Reference Kör, B., Wakkee, I., & Mutlutürk, M. (2020). An Investigation of Factors Influencing Entrepreneurial Intention amongst University Students. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 20(1), 70-86. https://doi.org/10.33423/jhetp.v20i1.2777

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Apr 2020

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Meltem Mutlutürk

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