Open AccessImpact of Entrepreneurial Education on Entrepreneurial Intentions of Pakistani Students
Author(s) -
Altaf Hussain,
Norashidah
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of entrepreneurship and business innovation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2332-8851
DOI - 10.5296/jebi.v2i1.7534
Subject(s) - entrepreneurial education , entrepreneurship , perspective (graphical) , theory of planned behavior , psychology , entrepreneurship education , sample (material) , empirical research , marketing , social psychology , business , management , economics , control (management) , philosophy , chemistry , finance , chromatography , epistemology , artificial intelligence , computer science
Why an individual prefer to become an entrepreneur and what factor motivated his intentions for becoming an entrepreneur is considered important question in entrepreneurship research. Entrepreneurial education is considered an important variable which effect on entrepreneurial intentions. However, empirical research results on entrepreneurial education and entrepreneurial intention yielded mixed results. To investigate further this question from developing countries perspective, this paper looks at the role of entrepreneurial education in developing the entrepreneurial intentions for becoming entrepreneur. The sample for this study composed of final year business students from Pakistan. The result of this study supports the entrepreneurial intentions model based on the theory of planned behavior. The results further suggested significant influence of entrepreneurial education on entrepreneurial intentions of the students. Moreover, this study results also showed that theoretical knowledge of entrepreneurship (know-what) and knowledge of social network development (know-who) component are vital for imparting entrepreneurial education.