Factors affecting entrepreneurial intention levels: a role for education

A considerable agreement exists about the importance of promoting entrepreneurship to stimulate economic development and employment generation. In particular, entrepreneurship education has been considered one of the key instruments to increase the entrepreneurial attitudes of both potential and nas...

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Autores: Liñán, Francisco, Rodríguez Cohard, Juan Carlos, Rueda Cantuche, José Manuel
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Data de publicação:2011
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositório:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/69481
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/69481
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-010-0154-z
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial intention
Entrepreneurial intention questionnaire
Entrepreneurial education
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spelling Factors affecting entrepreneurial intention levels: a role for educationLiñán, FranciscoRodríguez Cohard, Juan CarlosRueda Cantuche, José ManuelEntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurial intentionEntrepreneurial intention questionnaireEntrepreneurial educationA considerable agreement exists about the importance of promoting entrepreneurship to stimulate economic development and employment generation. In particular, entrepreneurship education has been considered one of the key instruments to increase the entrepreneurial attitudes of both potential and nascent entrepreneurs. Nevertheless, the factors that determine the individual’s decision to start a venture are still not completely clear. Cognitive approaches have attracted considerable interest recently. But the explaining capacity of personality traits or demographic characteristics is still considered. Therefore, there is a need to clarify which elements play the most influential role in shaping the personal decision to start a firm. This paper tries to contribute to filling this gap by providing empirically-based suggestions for the design of improved entrepreneurship education initiatives. The empirical analysis is based on two essential elements: firstly, an already validated instrument (EIQ); secondly, a statistical method (factor-regression procedure) which is not dependent on any theoretical approach. It uses all the information collected through the questionnaire items, selecting them solely based on their capacity to explain the dependent variable. Results will allow the design of more effective education initiatives. They suggest that personal attitude and perceived behavioural control are the most relevant factors explaining entrepreneurial intentions. Thus, based on these results, a number of considerations about the most effective role of education in promoting and developing attitudes and intentions towards entrepreneurship are considered. Besides, the EIQ could be used as an evaluation instrument for entrepreneurial education programmesSpringerEconomía Aplicada I2011info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/69481https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-010-0154-zreponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésInternational Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 7 (2), 195-218.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-010-0154-zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/694812026-06-17T12:51:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Factors affecting entrepreneurial intention levels: a role for education
title Factors affecting entrepreneurial intention levels: a role for education
spellingShingle Factors affecting entrepreneurial intention levels: a role for education
Liñán, Francisco
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial intention
Entrepreneurial intention questionnaire
Entrepreneurial education
title_short Factors affecting entrepreneurial intention levels: a role for education
title_full Factors affecting entrepreneurial intention levels: a role for education
title_fullStr Factors affecting entrepreneurial intention levels: a role for education
title_full_unstemmed Factors affecting entrepreneurial intention levels: a role for education
title_sort Factors affecting entrepreneurial intention levels: a role for education
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Liñán, Francisco
Rodríguez Cohard, Juan Carlos
Rueda Cantuche, José Manuel
author Liñán, Francisco
author_facet Liñán, Francisco
Rodríguez Cohard, Juan Carlos
Rueda Cantuche, José Manuel
author_role author
author2 Rodríguez Cohard, Juan Carlos
Rueda Cantuche, José Manuel
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Economía Aplicada I
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial intention
Entrepreneurial intention questionnaire
Entrepreneurial education
topic Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial intention
Entrepreneurial intention questionnaire
Entrepreneurial education
description A considerable agreement exists about the importance of promoting entrepreneurship to stimulate economic development and employment generation. In particular, entrepreneurship education has been considered one of the key instruments to increase the entrepreneurial attitudes of both potential and nascent entrepreneurs. Nevertheless, the factors that determine the individual’s decision to start a venture are still not completely clear. Cognitive approaches have attracted considerable interest recently. But the explaining capacity of personality traits or demographic characteristics is still considered. Therefore, there is a need to clarify which elements play the most influential role in shaping the personal decision to start a firm. This paper tries to contribute to filling this gap by providing empirically-based suggestions for the design of improved entrepreneurship education initiatives. The empirical analysis is based on two essential elements: firstly, an already validated instrument (EIQ); secondly, a statistical method (factor-regression procedure) which is not dependent on any theoretical approach. It uses all the information collected through the questionnaire items, selecting them solely based on their capacity to explain the dependent variable. Results will allow the design of more effective education initiatives. They suggest that personal attitude and perceived behavioural control are the most relevant factors explaining entrepreneurial intentions. Thus, based on these results, a number of considerations about the most effective role of education in promoting and developing attitudes and intentions towards entrepreneurship are considered. Besides, the EIQ could be used as an evaluation instrument for entrepreneurial education programmes
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