A study on the antecedents of entrepreneurial intentions among Saudi students

Mohammad Naushad

doi:10.9770/jesi.2018.5.3(14)

A study on the antecedents of entrepreneurial intentions among Saudi students

Mohammad Naushad

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The present study has developed and tested a model based on Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) with addition of some psychological variables to figure out the antecedents of entrepreneurial intentions of Saudi undergraduate business students. A sample of 550 students were taken. Responses were collected by a self administered questionaire and analysed by using a univariate statistics and Partial Least Square (PLS) Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The study has emerged with behavioral and personality antecedents (Attitude, Subjective Norm, Internal locus of control, need for achievement and propensity to take risk) of entrepreneurial intent among Saudi students. The results underpin the idea that personality factors along with the behavioral factors strengthen the predictibility of intentions to be involved in an entrepreneurial behavior.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	600-617
Number of pages	18
Journal	Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues
Volume	5
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2018.5.3(14)
State	Published - Mar 2018

Keywords

Entrepreneurial intentions
Partial Least Square (PLS)
Saudi students
Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)
Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB)

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