Exploring Entrepreneurial Intentions among University Students in Bangladesh
Ahmed, Mahtab (2020)
2020
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The purpose of this study was to measure the entrepreneurial intensions among university students in Bangladesh. To measure entrepreneurial intensions, main factors were Ajzen’s Theory of Planned Behaviour, Motivational factors, Entrepreneurial education and training, and E-business acceptance.
The main research question of this study was “What factors are influencing entrepreneurial intentions among university students in Bangladesh?”. Besides, there were four more sub-questions to answer the main question.
This study used quantitative method to gather primary data using survey questionnaire. The data were collected using cluster random sampling from eight universities of a divisional area of Bangladesh. In total 127 students participated in the survey. In order to test hypothesis, different statistical analysis performed such as descriptive and regression analysis with Statistical Software SPSS.
Results of this study indicated that there were satisfying level of entrepreneurial intensions among university students in Bangladesh. Overall, the research model is significant and particularly attitudes toward behaviour and e-business acceptance highly impact on entrepreneurial intensions of university students. The study found motivational factors as insignificant to influence on entrepreneurial intension in any manner. However, recommendation for further study have been highlighted that a study should be conducted with bigger sample from all over the country to understand the overall entrepreneurial intensions among students.
The main research question of this study was “What factors are influencing entrepreneurial intentions among university students in Bangladesh?”. Besides, there were four more sub-questions to answer the main question.
This study used quantitative method to gather primary data using survey questionnaire. The data were collected using cluster random sampling from eight universities of a divisional area of Bangladesh. In total 127 students participated in the survey. In order to test hypothesis, different statistical analysis performed such as descriptive and regression analysis with Statistical Software SPSS.
Results of this study indicated that there were satisfying level of entrepreneurial intensions among university students in Bangladesh. Overall, the research model is significant and particularly attitudes toward behaviour and e-business acceptance highly impact on entrepreneurial intensions of university students. The study found motivational factors as insignificant to influence on entrepreneurial intension in any manner. However, recommendation for further study have been highlighted that a study should be conducted with bigger sample from all over the country to understand the overall entrepreneurial intensions among students.