Youths’ Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Intentions. Empirical Study on Students with Entrepreneurship Education

Nițu–Antonie Renata () and Feder Emőke–Szidónia ()
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Nițu–Antonie Renata: West University of Timișoara, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Feder Emőke–Szidónia: West University of Timișoara, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

Romanian Economic Journal, 2013, vol. 16, issue 50, 65-86

Abstract: The research aimed to identify the psychological and behavioural characteristics as potential triggers of youths’ entrepreneurial intentions within the context of rational action and planned behaviour theory. The empirical study proposed nine antecedents of entrepreneurial intentions for Romanian students with entrepreneurial higher education background. The results emphasized that behavioural variables (favourable subjective norms and attitude development, perceived behavioural control) influence entrepreneurial intentions in a higher degree than the psychological ones (propensity to risk-taking, self-confidence, need for achievement, innovativeness). Moreover, some psychological variables (locus of control and tolerance of ambiguity) have been identified as having insignificant influence on entrepreneurial intentions of the respondent students.

Keywords: entrepreneurial intention; entrepreneurial behaviour; psychological features; behavioural features; theory of reasoned action and planned behaviour. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J21 L26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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