Economic Thought and Practice, , 2026.
Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.17818/EMIP/2026/43
ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AND PERCEIVED BEHAVIOURAL CONTROL AMONG STEM STUDENTS: EVIDENCE FROM A PRE–POST STUDY
Ivona Huđek Kanižaj
; University North, Department of Logistics and Sustainable Mobility, Croatia
*
Dinko Primorac
; University North, Department of Economics, Croatia
Ana Mulović Trgovac
; University North, Department of Communication, media and journalism, Croatia
Željka Marčinko Trkulja
; University North, Department of Economics, Croatia
* Corresponding author.
Abstract
This study examines changes in personal attitudes towards entrepreneurship, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, and entrepreneurial intentions among STEM students after a single-semester entrepreneurship course. Grounded in the Theory of Planned Behaviour, the study uses the Entrepreneurial Intention Questionnaire to assess short-term differences between PRE and POST measurements. The sample comprised 99 PRE and 102 POST responses from undergraduate students enrolled in the Multimedia, Design and Application and Electrical Engineering programmes at University North. As responses were anonymous and could not be matched individually, PRE and POST measurements were analysed as an unmatched aggregate pre–post comparison using independent-samples t-tests. A statistically significant increase was found only in perceived behavioural control. The largest improvements related to students’ knowledge of the steps needed to start a business and their ability to develop an entrepreneurial project from idea to implementation. The findings indicate that the course was associated primarily with stronger perceived entrepreneurial capabilities.
Keywords
entrepreneurship education; STEM students; perceived behavioural control; entrepreneurial intention; Theory of Planned Behaviour; pre–post study
Hrčak ID:
352360
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Publication date:
22.10.2026.
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