ǂThe ǂstudy of entrepreneurial intentions and entrepreneurial competencies of business vs. non-business students

Tanja Zdolšek (Author), Karin Širec (Author)

Abstract

Entrepreneurship contributes to economic growth and job creation and thus to competitiveness. Nevertheless, the question remains of how to stimulate entrepreneurial activity, especially in the case of youth as a disadvantaged group. The key to entrepreneurial activity is entrepreneurial competencies and entrepreneurial intentions. Young people can acquire and develop both through entrepreneurship education. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intentions and entrepreneurial competencies of university students in Slovenia from a socio-psychological perspective. A conceptual research model based on Ajzen’s Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and the competency approach was developed, also applying the assumption that entrepreneurial competencies influence entrepreneurial intentions. The applied research methodology was a quasi-experiment. The research sample of 837 students consisted of an experimental group (involved in entrepreneurship education) and a control group (not involved in entrepreneurship education) examined by a pretest and a post-test. Various statistical analyses were used to determine correlation, comparison, and dependency. Although it was confirmed that the conceptual research model is appropriate and that some of the factors studied do influence entrepreneurial intentions, we could not find a higher level of entrepreneurial intentions or entrepreneurial competencies by students involved in entrepreneurship education. Nevertheless, the conceptual research model has statistically confirmed that the TPB and entrepreneurial competencies are linked. It was also revealed that entrepreneurial competencies partly influence entrepreneurial intentions. This study forms a basis for further research in the field of entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurial intentions and entrepreneurial competencies.

Keywords

entrepreneurship education;entrepreneurial intentions;entrepreneurial competencies;tertiary education;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2021
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UM EPF - Faculty of Economics and Business
Publisher:	Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně, Fakulta managementu a ekonomiky
UDC:	378:005.1
COBISS:	70157315
ISSN:	1804-1728
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary keywords:	podjetniško izobraževanje;podjetniške namere;podjetniške kompetence;terciarno izobraževanje;
Type (COBISS):	Scientific work
Pages:	str. 171-188
Volume:	ǂVol. ǂ13
Issue:	ǂissue ǂ2
Chronology:	2021
DOI:	10.7441/joc.2021.02.10
ID:	24707441