TY - CHAP
T1 - Perceptions towards entrepreneurship and intention to become entrepreneurs
T2 - The case of Sultan Qaboos university female undergraduate students
AU - Nganunu, Topoyame
AU - Rametse, Nthati
AU - Al-Muharrami, Saeed
AU - Sharma, Sujeet Kumar
N1 - Funding Information:
In terms of financial support for the prospective entrepreneurs, Oman’s government has adopted certain steps in promoting entrepreneurship education. These include the availability of Oman Development Bank loans, ‘incubator’ facilities, equity funding by the Youth Fund, and micro-business development facilities offered through the SANAD programme. Oman Development Bank (ODB) promotes entrepreneurship among the youth by providing them with soft loans and reducing bureaucracy (Central Bank of Oman 2015).
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This chapter reports the results of a study conducted on Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) female undergraduate students’ intentions on becoming entrepreneurs and their perceptions towards entrepreneurship. This study employed predictive modelling to understand and predict the start of own business by female students in a developing country like Oman. The key research question addressed in this chapter is: What factors influence Sultan Qaboos University’s female students towards entrepreneurship? Using a questionnaire survey, data were collected from 200 undergraduate female students at the College of Economics and Political Science in 2015. The findings suggest that, while the general perceptions on factors that influence the entrepreneurial aspirations of female SQU undergraduate students are positive, a small portion of these students still hold ambivalent views towards entrepreneurship. This research has important implications for researchers, practitioners, policy makers and entrepreneurship educators.
AB - This chapter reports the results of a study conducted on Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) female undergraduate students’ intentions on becoming entrepreneurs and their perceptions towards entrepreneurship. This study employed predictive modelling to understand and predict the start of own business by female students in a developing country like Oman. The key research question addressed in this chapter is: What factors influence Sultan Qaboos University’s female students towards entrepreneurship? Using a questionnaire survey, data were collected from 200 undergraduate female students at the College of Economics and Political Science in 2015. The findings suggest that, while the general perceptions on factors that influence the entrepreneurial aspirations of female SQU undergraduate students are positive, a small portion of these students still hold ambivalent views towards entrepreneurship. This research has important implications for researchers, practitioners, policy makers and entrepreneurship educators.
KW - Entrepreneurship intent
KW - Perceptions
KW - Role models
KW - SQU undergraduate students
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-90394-1_12
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-90394-1_12
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85064934958
T3 - Contributions to Management Science
SP - 215
EP - 238
BT - Contributions to Management Science
PB - Springer
ER -