Entrepreneurial universities and social capital: The moderating role of entrepreneurial intention in the Malaysian context

Salamzadeh, A (通讯作者),Univ Tehran, Fac Management, Tehran, Iran.
2022-3
The mismatch of skills among youth graduates contributes towards existing social and economic challenges of poverty and unemployment especially among youths in most developing countries including Malaysia. Consequently, universities are mandated to transform into Entrepreneurial Universities as a third mission, driving state of the art knowledge, skills acquisition and entre-preneurial mindset that supports technological development and innovations to match up with the emerging needs of Malaysia's economy. Therefore, this study assesses the influence of entrepreneurial universities on the development of social capital. Questionnaires were used to retrieve data from a sample of 382 students in two Institutions. Data were analysed using structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). The direct relationships between the three measures of entrepreneurial university (Input, Process and Output) indicated a positively significant rela-tionship with social capital. However, the moderating effects of Entrepreneurial Intention were supported. Our paper contributes to the literature by examining the role of Entrepreneurial Universities using the three factors of inputs, processes and outputs on social capital development and concurrently examining the moderating effect of Entrepreneurial Intention. It also provides evidence-based support to develop models for emerging entrepreneurial universities in Malaysia which can help the national goal of reducing unemployment due to skill mismatch among graduates.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT EDUCATION
卷号:20|期号:1
ISSN:1472-8117|收录类别:SSCI
语种
英语
来源机构
University of Sunderland; Universiti Sains Malaysia; University of Tehran; Polytechnic Institute of Porto
资助信息
This work has been supported by national funds through FCT - Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia through project UIDB/04728/2020.
被引频次(WOS)
3
被引频次(其他)
3
180天使用计数
9
2013以来使用计数
13
EISSN
2352-3565
出版年
2022-3
DOI
10.1016/j.ijme.2022.100609
关键词
Social capital Entrepreneurial universities Economic growth Youth graduates Entrepreneurial intention
资助机构
national funds through FCT - Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia(Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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