The Effect of Students' Attitudes Towards Entrepreneurship on Their Entrepreneurial Intentions

published by Damascus University in 2011 in Business Management and research's language is العربية Download

Abstract in English

This paper aimed to analyze the variables of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and the Theory of Reasoned Action as the most widely used theories in research on entrepreneurial intentions. A sample (n=406) students from Private and Public Sector Syrian Universities was analyzed using SPSS. Results indicate that the percentage of students who prefer to start an entrepreneurial venture is higher than that of those who prefer to work for the Private or Public Sector upon graduation. Results provide strong support for the intentions of students to start an entrepreneurial venture in addition to the assumption that variables such as ; attitude towards entrepreneurship, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control affect intentions.

References used

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Ajzen, I. (1991b) The Theory of Planned Behavior, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 50, 179-211

Ajzen, I. (2001). Nature and Operation of Attitudes, Annual Review of Psychology, 52, 27-58

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