Predicting Entrepreneurial Barriers and Intentions: The Role of University Environment, Entrepreneurial Culture and Public Infrastructure

Herring Shava ()
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Herring Shava: Walter Sisulu University, South Africa

Eurasian Journal of Social Sciences, 2022, vol. 10, issue 1, 49-67

Abstract: This study investigated four questions: whether a non-entrepreneurship-oriented university environment predicts entrepreneurship barriers, whether an entrepreneurial-oriented university environment predicted entrepreneurship intentions among learners, whether public infrastructure mediated the relationship between the non-entrepreneurship-oriented university environment and entrepreneurship barriers and, whether public infrastructure mediates the relationship between the entrepreneurship-oriented university environment and entrepreneurship intentions. An explanatory research design was pursued and the study was quantitative in nature. A sample of university learners was randomly approached for primary data collection. A self-administered questionnaire was used as a research instrument. Simple linear regression and hierarchical regression analyses were performed to make meaning of the data. The study found that a nonentrepreneurship-oriented university environment predicts entrepreneurship barriers, and an entrepreneurial-oriented university environment predicts entrepreneurship intentions among learners. Hierarchical regression analysis results revealed that public infrastructure does not mediate the relationship between the non-entrepreneurship-oriented university environment and entrepreneurship barriers. The results further reveal that public infrastructure does not mediate the relationship between an entrepreneurial university environment and entrepreneurship intentions. The study concluded that to enhance entrepreneurship behavior among university learners, widespread entrepreneurship education must be adopted.

Keywords: University Environment; Culture; Entrepreneurship; Barriers; Intentions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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