The influence of university entrepreneurship-oriented training in the transformation of intentions into new businesses

Sancho, MPL (通讯作者),Univ Cadiz, INDESS Inst Univ El Desarrollo Social Sostenible, Cadiz, Spain.
2022-7
Most academic studies on entrepreneurship and training primarily focus on university students' entrepreneurial intention; therefore, research is increasingly needed on how entrepreneurship education at the institutional level may, or may not, affect actual entrepreneurial behavior. Based on data from 212 universities involved in the 2016 edition of the GUESSS, this paper examines the moderating role of training on the link between entrepreneurial intention and behavior at the meso level. For this purpose, a parsimonious theoretical model is proposed that describes these relationships and it is contrasted using PLS techniques. Our results show that the educational programs aimed at transferring knowledge and developing entrepreneurial skills make stronger the relationship between intention and behavior at the university level. Similarly, we show that education does not serve as a driver of behavior. This variable does not directly influence the dependent variable (the act of creating a firm) but, rather, strengthens the relationship between intention and behavior.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT EDUCATION
卷号:20|期号:2
ISSN:1472-8117|收录类别:SSCI
语种
英语
来源机构
Universidad de Cadiz; Universidad de Panama
被引频次(WOS)
4
被引频次(其他)
4
180天使用计数
9
2013以来使用计数
19
EISSN
2352-3565
出版年
2022-7
DOI
10.1016/j.ijme.2022.100631
关键词
Entrepreneurial behavior Entrepreneurial intention Intention-behavior link Learning process Entrepreneurship education Higher educational institutions
WOS学科分类
Business Education & Educational Research Management
学科领域
循证管理学 循证教育学 循证经济学