Entrepreneurial motivation and intention of undergraduates: investigating the moderating role of entrepreneurship course

The purpose of the present study is to examine how basic psychological needs, as conceptualized in Self-Determination Theory, are related to attitudes, control beliefs and entrepreneurial intention of Theory of Planned Behaviour. Specifically, it aims at understanding the relationship between autono...

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Main Authors:	Al-Jubari, Ibrahim, Hassan, Arif
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	Inderscience 2015
Subjects:	HF5001 Business. Business Administration
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spelling	iium-458402015-11-25T01:43:13Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/45840/ Entrepreneurial motivation and intention of undergraduates: investigating the moderating role of entrepreneurship course Al-Jubari, Ibrahim Hassan, Arif HF5001 Business. Business Administration The purpose of the present study is to examine how basic psychological needs, as conceptualized in Self-Determination Theory, are related to attitudes, control beliefs and entrepreneurial intention of Theory of Planned Behaviour. Specifically, it aims at understanding the relationship between autonomy and competence and students’ intention to start their own businesses. It further aims at testing the direct and indirect effects on entrepreneurial intention. In addition, entrepreneurship education and training could be one of the factors that help in fostering positive attitudes about entrepreneurship and in unleashing entrepreneurial skills and developing the required competencies. Thus, the present study also aims at examining the moderation role entrepreneurship course on students’ inclination to be entrepreneurs. Methods - Data were obtained from 622 final year undergraduate university students, enrolled in various disciplines, from two largest public and private universities in Yemen. Using standardized instruments, structural equation modeling was used to test the hypothesized model and structural relationships. Findings – The findings reveals that autonomy and competence have significant effect on student attitude and perceived behavioural control, and in turn, they have significant effects on entrepreneurial intention. In addition, attitude and perceived behavioural control play a full mediation role in the relationship between autonomy and competence and entrepreneurial intention. Further, contrary to our expectations, the multi-group analysis indicates that entrepreneurship course does not moderate any relationship. Research limitations - The generalizability of the findings is limited to the university students, not the entire youth population in Yemen. Further, a longitudinal design is recommended to examine the effect of entrepreneurship course. Implications – Entrepreneurship is critical for the development of individuals and nations as well. Fostering it among people is critical so that they may be inclined towards starting their new businesses. Inderscience 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/45840/1/Intl_J_of_Entrepreneuship_and_Small_Business.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/45840/2/IJESB_Paper_Acceptance_Letter.pdf Al-Jubari, Ibrahim and Hassan, Arif (2015) Entrepreneurial motivation and intention of undergraduates: investigating the moderating role of entrepreneurship course. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, xx (xx). pp. 1-17. ISSN 1476-1297 (In Press) http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijesb
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description	The purpose of the present study is to examine how basic psychological needs, as conceptualized in Self-Determination Theory, are related to attitudes, control beliefs and entrepreneurial intention of Theory of Planned Behaviour. Specifically, it aims at understanding the relationship between autonomy and competence and students’ intention to start their own businesses. It further aims at testing the direct and indirect effects on entrepreneurial intention. In addition, entrepreneurship education and training could be one of the factors that help in fostering positive attitudes about entrepreneurship and in unleashing entrepreneurial skills and developing the required competencies. Thus, the present study also aims at examining the moderation role entrepreneurship course on students’ inclination to be entrepreneurs. Methods - Data were obtained from 622 final year undergraduate university students, enrolled in various disciplines, from two largest public and private universities in Yemen. Using standardized instruments, structural equation modeling was used to test the hypothesized model and structural relationships. Findings – The findings reveals that autonomy and competence have significant effect on student attitude and perceived behavioural control, and in turn, they have significant effects on entrepreneurial intention. In addition, attitude and perceived behavioural control play a full mediation role in the relationship between autonomy and competence and entrepreneurial intention. Further, contrary to our expectations, the multi-group analysis indicates that entrepreneurship course does not moderate any relationship. Research limitations - The generalizability of the findings is limited to the university students, not the entire youth population in Yemen. Further, a longitudinal design is recommended to examine the effect of entrepreneurship course. Implications – Entrepreneurship is critical for the development of individuals and nations as well. Fostering it among people is critical so that they may be inclined towards starting their new businesses.
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author	Al-Jubari, Ibrahim Hassan, Arif
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title	Entrepreneurial motivation and intention of undergraduates: investigating the moderating role of entrepreneurship course
title_short	Entrepreneurial motivation and intention of undergraduates: investigating the moderating role of entrepreneurship course
title_full	Entrepreneurial motivation and intention of undergraduates: investigating the moderating role of entrepreneurship course
title_fullStr	Entrepreneurial motivation and intention of undergraduates: investigating the moderating role of entrepreneurship course
title_full_unstemmed	Entrepreneurial motivation and intention of undergraduates: investigating the moderating role of entrepreneurship course
title_sort	entrepreneurial motivation and intention of undergraduates: investigating the moderating role of entrepreneurship course
publisher	Inderscience
publishDate	2015
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/45840/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45840/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45840/1/Intl_J_of_Entrepreneuship_and_Small_Business.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/45840/2/IJESB_Paper_Acceptance_Letter.pdf
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