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FACTORS INFLUENCING ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS AND ITS EFFECT ON ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS

. Shakeel Ahmad, Dr. Naveed & Dr. Imran Khan


Abstract

In this study, researcher Investigate the Factors Influencing Entrepreneurial Intentions and its Effect on Entrepreneurial Intentions. Researcher used a quantitative survey research design. A closed ended questionnaire (based on 5-point Likert scale) used to collect data from Business studies students at 23 universities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The target population included all public universities, totaling 23 schools and 6,173 students enrolled in Business Studies programs. A proportional sample strategy was used to address the fact that total student enrollments among universities are not equal, treat each university as a separate stratum to ensure accurate sample size. A sample size of 364 was determined using Raosoft online sampling calculator. Descriptive statistical techniques (e.g. frequency and percentage) and inferential statistics like regression analysis were employed to analyze the data with the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The study found that attitudes to entrepreneurship, perceived behavioral control (PBC), family backgrounds, entrepreneurial education, self-awareness and personal values all positively impacts on intention. At the same time, finances (personally or institutionally) put a check on all these kinds of influences toward starting one's own business or taking over an enterprise. These findings highlight the complex nature of factors responsible for creating entrepreneurial intentions. There still needs more research studies. Specifically, mediating effect on the entire process, something that needs further research. In any particular programmes and interventions designed to instill such an outlook in those students with grand dreams about entrepreneurship, how the parts go together adds up to the whole of meaning encompassed within those programmes and interventions

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