Verifying the model of predicting entrepreneurial intention among students of business and non-business orientation
This study aims to verify whether certain entrepreneurial characteristics, like entrepreneurial potential and entrepreneurial propensity, affect the level of entrepreneurial self-efficacy and desirability of entrepreneurship, and further have direct and indirect effect on entrepreneurial intentions....
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University of Split, Faculty of Economics
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| author | Zoran Sušanj Ana Jakopec Irena Miljković Krečar |
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| description | This study aims to verify whether certain entrepreneurial characteristics, like entrepreneurial potential and entrepreneurial propensity, affect the level of entrepreneurial self-efficacy and desirability of entrepreneurship, and further have direct and indirect effect on entrepreneurial intentions. Furthermore, this study seeks to compare the strength of the relationship between these variables among groups of students who receive some entrepreneurship education and students outside the business sphere. Data was collected from a sample of undergraduate students of business and non-business orientation and analyzed with multi-group analysis within SEM. Results of the multi-group analysis indicate that indeed, the strength of the relationship among tested variables is more pronounced when it comes to business students. That is, mediating effect of perceived entrepreneurial self-efficacy and desirability of entrepreneurship in the relationship between entrepreneurial characteristics and intent, is significantly stronger for the business-oriented groups, in comparison to non-business orientation group. The amount of explained variance of all constructs (except entrepreneurial propensity) is also larger in business students in comparison to non-business students. Educational implications of obtained results are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8d77d8ba37f84ebd88aec5c9ee4fe5b42022-12-22T01:12:15ZengUniversity of Split, Faculty of EconomicsManagement : Journal of Contemporary Management Issues1331-01941846-33632015-01-012024969Verifying the model of predicting entrepreneurial intention among students of business and non-business orientationZoran Sušanj0Ana Jakopec1Irena Miljković Krečar2Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, CroatiaFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University Osijek, Osijek, CroatiaVERN' University of Applied Sciences, Zagreb, CroatiaThis study aims to verify whether certain entrepreneurial characteristics, like entrepreneurial potential and entrepreneurial propensity, affect the level of entrepreneurial self-efficacy and desirability of entrepreneurship, and further have direct and indirect effect on entrepreneurial intentions. Furthermore, this study seeks to compare the strength of the relationship between these variables among groups of students who receive some entrepreneurship education and students outside the business sphere. Data was collected from a sample of undergraduate students of business and non-business orientation and analyzed with multi-group analysis within SEM. Results of the multi-group analysis indicate that indeed, the strength of the relationship among tested variables is more pronounced when it comes to business students. That is, mediating effect of perceived entrepreneurial self-efficacy and desirability of entrepreneurship in the relationship between entrepreneurial characteristics and intent, is significantly stronger for the business-oriented groups, in comparison to non-business orientation group. The amount of explained variance of all constructs (except entrepreneurial propensity) is also larger in business students in comparison to non-business students. Educational implications of obtained results are discussed.http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/221544entrepreneurial potential and propensityentrepreneurial self-efficacydesirability of entrepreneurshipentrepreneurial intentionmulti-group analysis |
| spellingShingle | Zoran Sušanj Ana Jakopec Irena Miljković Krečar Verifying the model of predicting entrepreneurial intention among students of business and non-business orientation Management : Journal of Contemporary Management Issues entrepreneurial potential and propensity entrepreneurial self-efficacy desirability of entrepreneurship entrepreneurial intention multi-group analysis |
| title | Verifying the model of predicting entrepreneurial intention among students of business and non-business orientation |
| title_full | Verifying the model of predicting entrepreneurial intention among students of business and non-business orientation |
| title_fullStr | Verifying the model of predicting entrepreneurial intention among students of business and non-business orientation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Verifying the model of predicting entrepreneurial intention among students of business and non-business orientation |
| title_short | Verifying the model of predicting entrepreneurial intention among students of business and non-business orientation |
| title_sort | verifying the model of predicting entrepreneurial intention among students of business and non business orientation |
| topic | entrepreneurial potential and propensity entrepreneurial self-efficacy desirability of entrepreneurship entrepreneurial intention multi-group analysis |
| url | http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/221544 |
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