TY - JOUR
T1 - Entrepreneurial intentions of university students
T2 - a case-based study
AU - Palalić, Ramo
AU - Ramadani, Veland
AU - Ðilović, Arnela
AU - Dizdarević, Alina
AU - Ratten, Vanessa
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, © Emerald Publishing Limited.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Purpose: This study aims to examine the entrepreneurial intentions of university students at the International University of Sarajevo. For this purpose, the entrepreneurial desires and entrepreneurial orientations of the students across several demographic variables were measured. These variables included prior entrepreneurial experience, student’s gender, faculty, year of study and attitude towards more courses on entrepreneurship. Nevertheless, the research also examined how business environment influences the entrepreneurial intentions of students by considering the same set of variables. Design/methodology/approach: The objectives of this paper have been achieved by using a quantitative research instrument, where the cross-sectional survey method for collecting primary data is used. In total, 173 usable responses have been collected from the beginning of April to the end of May in the academic year 2015/2016. Findings: The results indicate that the greater the demotivation with the current business surrounding, the smaller the entrepreneurial intentions of the students are when the prior entrepreneurial experience, gender, year of study and attitude towards more courses on entrepreneurship are considered. The study suggests that improving the overall business surrounding and entrepreneurial education might increase the entrepreneurial intentions of the students. Originality/value: This is the first paper that treats entrepreneurial intentions of University students in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
AB - Purpose: This study aims to examine the entrepreneurial intentions of university students at the International University of Sarajevo. For this purpose, the entrepreneurial desires and entrepreneurial orientations of the students across several demographic variables were measured. These variables included prior entrepreneurial experience, student’s gender, faculty, year of study and attitude towards more courses on entrepreneurship. Nevertheless, the research also examined how business environment influences the entrepreneurial intentions of students by considering the same set of variables. Design/methodology/approach: The objectives of this paper have been achieved by using a quantitative research instrument, where the cross-sectional survey method for collecting primary data is used. In total, 173 usable responses have been collected from the beginning of April to the end of May in the academic year 2015/2016. Findings: The results indicate that the greater the demotivation with the current business surrounding, the smaller the entrepreneurial intentions of the students are when the prior entrepreneurial experience, gender, year of study and attitude towards more courses on entrepreneurship are considered. The study suggests that improving the overall business surrounding and entrepreneurial education might increase the entrepreneurial intentions of the students. Originality/value: This is the first paper that treats entrepreneurial intentions of University students in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
KW - Bosnia and Herzegovina
KW - Entrepreneurial intentions
KW - Students
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U2 - 10.1108/JEC-12-2016-0046
DO - 10.1108/JEC-12-2016-0046
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85021735329
SN - 1750-6204
VL - 11
SP - 393
EP - 413
JO - Journal of Enterprising Communities
JF - Journal of Enterprising Communities
IS - 3
ER -