Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v17i4.1268
The Impact of Exposure to Entrepreneurship Education on Student Entrepreneurial Intentions
Ksenija Vuković
; Faculty of Organization and Informatics in Varaždin, University of Zagreb
Irena Kedmenec
; Faculty of Organization and Informatics in Varaždin, University of Zagreb
Dina Korent
; Faculty of Organization and Informatics in Varaždin, University of Zagreb
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the entrepreneurial intention of undergraduate and graduate students of Economics of Entrepreneurship and its predictors among students in different stages of their studies. The research is based on two sets of hypotheses. The first one sets out to confirm the basic assumptions of the theory of planned behavior in the context of the student population and the second one assumes a positive impact of the exposure to entrepreneurship education on students entrepreneurial intentions. The regression model confirmed the first set of hypotheses. The attitudes towards entrepreneurship have the greatest impact on entrepreneurial intentions, followed by perceived behavioral control and the subjective norm whose impact is the smallest. Results indicate that there are significant differences in the attitudes towards entrepreneurship and familiarity with entrepreneurial infrastructure among students in different stages of their studies. However, research has shown that entrepreneurial intentions do not increase due to exposure to entrepreneurship education.
Keywords
attitudes towards entrepreneurship; entrepreneurship program; familiarity with entrepreneurial infrastructure; perceived behavioral control; subjective norm
Hrčak ID:
151224
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Publication date:
28.12.2015.
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