This study aims to identify the factors motivating the intentions of university students to become entrepreneurs. Leveraging data from a survey of 941 Italian students and adopting Ajzen’s theory of planned behaviour, this paper employs the structural equation model to identify factors explaining students’ entrepreneurial intentions. The findings show that attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control positively shape Italian students’ intentions. Moreover, the findings signal that the skills acquired during the university pathway play a crucial role in encouraging students to consider entrepreneurial choices. The paper extends and complements the academic and policy debate in the field of entrepreneurship offering a comprehensive investigation of the factors affecting entrepreneurial intentions. It also allows us to contend that higher education may have an important role to play in fostering the entrepreneurial intentions of young people. This is especially significant given current global economic conditions and the renewed importance of self-employment strategies.

Exploring factors motivating entrepreneurial intentions: the case of Italian university students / Ferri, Luca; Ginesti, Gianluca; Spanò, Rosanna; Zampella, Annamaria. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT. - ISSN 1360-3736. - (2019). [10.1111/ijtd.12158]

Exploring factors motivating entrepreneurial intentions: the case of Italian university students

ferri luca;gianluca ginesti;rosanna spanò;annamaria zampella
2019

Abstract

This study aims to identify the factors motivating the intentions of university students to become entrepreneurs. Leveraging data from a survey of 941 Italian students and adopting Ajzen’s theory of planned behaviour, this paper employs the structural equation model to identify factors explaining students’ entrepreneurial intentions. The findings show that attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control positively shape Italian students’ intentions. Moreover, the findings signal that the skills acquired during the university pathway play a crucial role in encouraging students to consider entrepreneurial choices. The paper extends and complements the academic and policy debate in the field of entrepreneurship offering a comprehensive investigation of the factors affecting entrepreneurial intentions. It also allows us to contend that higher education may have an important role to play in fostering the entrepreneurial intentions of young people. This is especially significant given current global economic conditions and the renewed importance of self-employment strategies.
2019
Exploring factors motivating entrepreneurial intentions: the case of Italian university students / Ferri, Luca; Ginesti, Gianluca; Spanò, Rosanna; Zampella, Annamaria. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT. - ISSN 1360-3736. - (2019). [10.1111/ijtd.12158]
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