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Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intention among Engineering Students Based on Structural Equation Modeling

Diana Arango-Botero, Martha Luz Benjumea Arias, Mauricio Hincapié Montoya and Alejandro Valencia-Arias

Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities, Volume 28, Issue 4, December 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47836/pjssh.28.4.08

Keywords: Attitude, behavioral beliefs, college students, engineering, entrepreneurship, SEM

Published on: 24 December 2020

Entrepreneurial intention models are widely accepted in university contexts in developed countries; however, more robust studies in emerging economies are needed. With the aim of filling this gap, this work analyzes the influence of subjective norms, behavioral beliefs, attitudes, and entrepreneurial behavior on the entrepreneurial intention of college students. Structural equation modeling was implemented by means of a self-administered questionnaire that was answered by 636 undergraduate engineering students in Medellín, Colombia. According to the findings, both attitude and entrepreneurial behavior have a positive effect on entrepreneurial intention. Nevertheless, no evidence was found to confirm that subjective norms affected entrepreneurial intention, i.e., that other people’s opinions were important to individuals when they decided to start a new venture. By investigating the entrepreneurial intention of college students, better strategies can be adopted to promote venture creation among this population group, focusing efforts on the variables that presented the strongest relationships in the model proposed in this study.

ISSN 0128-7702

e-ISSN 2231-8534

Article ID

JSSH-4848-2019

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