Can students’ perception of the diverse learning environment affect their intentions toward entrepreneurship?
Business schools play a major role in influencing students’ entrepreneurial intentions and behaviors. Although research linking entrepreneurship education with intentions is abundant, few studies have focused on the learning environment through the lens of diversity. This paper adopts the well-estab...
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| description | Business schools play a major role in influencing students’ entrepreneurial intentions and behaviors. Although research linking entrepreneurship education with intentions is abundant, few studies have focused on the learning environment through the lens of diversity. This paper adopts the well-established theory of planned behavior (TPB) model to explore the impact of students’ perception of diverse learning environment on their intentions toward entrepreneurship. Using a quantitative approach, data was collected from 407 students in an international business school in France. The results show that students’ favorable perception of the respect their business schools show diversity positively influences the formation of their entrepreneurial intentions through the mediating effect of personal attitude toward entrepreneurship, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control. This study contributes to existing knowledge about learning environments and their impact on students’ entrepreneurial intentions. It enriches research based on the TPB model through integrating an unprecedented construct: the diverse learning environment. In practice, it informs academic practitioners and institutions about the need to capitalize on diversity to develop students’ entrepreneurial intentions and drive entrepreneurship. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aaca4a5ac1bf4f94b9eb299f14cfedf02022-12-21T22:07:31ZengElsevierJournal of Innovation & Knowledge2444-569X2021-07-0163167176Can students’ perception of the diverse learning environment affect their intentions toward entrepreneurship?Ghada Haddad0Gloria Haddad1Gautam Nagpal2Ecole Supérieure de Commerce (ESC), Pau Business School, France; Corresponding author.Faculty of Business and Management, Saint Joseph University of Beirut, LebanonEcole Supérieure de Commerce (ESC), Pau Business School, France; Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA, CNRS, TREE, Pau, FranceBusiness schools play a major role in influencing students’ entrepreneurial intentions and behaviors. Although research linking entrepreneurship education with intentions is abundant, few studies have focused on the learning environment through the lens of diversity. This paper adopts the well-established theory of planned behavior (TPB) model to explore the impact of students’ perception of diverse learning environment on their intentions toward entrepreneurship. Using a quantitative approach, data was collected from 407 students in an international business school in France. The results show that students’ favorable perception of the respect their business schools show diversity positively influences the formation of their entrepreneurial intentions through the mediating effect of personal attitude toward entrepreneurship, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control. This study contributes to existing knowledge about learning environments and their impact on students’ entrepreneurial intentions. It enriches research based on the TPB model through integrating an unprecedented construct: the diverse learning environment. In practice, it informs academic practitioners and institutions about the need to capitalize on diversity to develop students’ entrepreneurial intentions and drive entrepreneurship.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2444569X21000214Entrepreneurial intentionsTheory of planned behaviorDiverse learning environmentEntrepreneurshipDiversityJEL classification |
| spellingShingle | Ghada Haddad Gloria Haddad Gautam Nagpal Can students’ perception of the diverse learning environment affect their intentions toward entrepreneurship? Journal of Innovation & Knowledge Entrepreneurial intentions Theory of planned behavior Diverse learning environment Entrepreneurship Diversity JEL classification |
| title | Can students’ perception of the diverse learning environment affect their intentions toward entrepreneurship? |
| title_full | Can students’ perception of the diverse learning environment affect their intentions toward entrepreneurship? |
| title_fullStr | Can students’ perception of the diverse learning environment affect their intentions toward entrepreneurship? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can students’ perception of the diverse learning environment affect their intentions toward entrepreneurship? |
| title_short | Can students’ perception of the diverse learning environment affect their intentions toward entrepreneurship? |
| title_sort | can students perception of the diverse learning environment affect their intentions toward entrepreneurship |
| topic | Entrepreneurial intentions Theory of planned behavior Diverse learning environment Entrepreneurship Diversity JEL classification |
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