The Influence of University Context on Entrepreneurial Intentions

Juan Carlos Díaz-Casero (), Antonio Fernández-Portillo, Mari-Cruz Sánchez-Escobedo and Ricardo Hernández-Mogollón
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Juan Carlos Díaz-Casero: University of Extremadura
Antonio Fernández-Portillo: University of Extremadura
Mari-Cruz Sánchez-Escobedo: University of Extremadura
Ricardo Hernández-Mogollón: University of Extremadura

Chapter Chapter 5 in Entrepreneurial Universities, 2017, pp 65-81 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Studies have shown the influence of certain formal and informal environmental factors on entrepreneurial spirit. The aim of this research was to study the influence of university context on university students’ entrepreneurial intentions. A structural model linking these two environmental variables to entrepreneurial intention was developed and used to achieve this aim. These two environmental variables were university context, which measured informal aspects, and entrepreneurial education, which reflected formal aspects. The relationships in the model were tested using partial least squares (PLS) analysis for a sample consisting of 2497 university students. Results highlight the importance of entrepreneurial education’s effect on entrepreneurial intentions. To a lesser degree, results also reveal the importance of the university environment in which the student develops. The university context strongly and positively influences entrepreneurial intentions indirectly through entrepreneurial education. This chapter offers a novel methodological contribution in the study of data from the Global University Entrepreneurial Spirit Students’ Survey. The data were analysed using an application of PLS structural equation modelling.

Keywords: Attitudes; Beliefs; Education; Entrepreneurial education; Entrepreneurial intentions; Entrepreneurial University; Entrepreneurship; Environmental factors; Formal factors; Global University Entrepreneurial Spirit Students’ Survey; GUESSS; Human behaviour; Informal factors; Institutional context; Intentions; Partial least squares; Planned behaviour; PLS; Theory of planned behavior; University context (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-47949-1_5

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