Self-efficacy and Entrepreneurial Intention Among Business Students in Romania

Bogdan Robert Ioane (), Nicolae Bibu () and Laura Brancu ()
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Bogdan Robert Ioane: West University of Timisoara
Nicolae Bibu: West University of Timisoara
Laura Brancu: West University of Timisoara

Chapter Chapter 8 in Innovation in Sustainable Management and Entrepreneurship, 2020, pp 95-110 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This study focused on the correlation between self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention for a sample comprised of business students from Romania. In addition to investigating self-efficacy as antecedent of entrepreneurial intention, a number of demographic variables were also tested as determinants for self-efficacy. The results disclosed a significant positive relation between general self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention on business students in Romania. The analysis further revealed a gender imbalance, male respondents displaying a higher score in self-efficacy than the female respondents. In addition, the analysis displayed a positive correlation between work experience and general self-efficacy and a significant correlation between parent workplace and self-efficacy. This correlation between parent workplace and general self-efficacy of their adult children is particularly valuable as there is no previous literature suggesting this finding, and therefore, this study may open a new avenue for future research to investigate this type of cultural parent–children subliminal transfer and the way this influences the children’s life and entrepreneurial choices well into their adulthood and throughout their lives.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial intention; Self efficacy; Business students; Romania (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-44711-3_8

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