Predicting entrepreneurial intention among business students of public sector universities of Pakistan: an application of the entrepreneurial event model
| Date | 20 April 2020 |
| Published date | 20 April 2020 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/WJEMSD-11-2019-0092 |
| Pages | 219-230 |
| Author | Bahadur Ali Soomro,Ghulam Rasool Lakhan,Shahnawaz Mangi,Naimatullah Shah |
| Subject Matter | Strategy,Business ethics,Sustainability |
Predicting entrepreneurial
intention among business students
of public sector universities of
Pakistan: an application of the
entrepreneurial event model
Bahadur Ali Soomro and Ghulam Rasool Lakhan
Department of Economics, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology,
Abdul Haq Campus, Karachi, Pakistan
Shahnawaz Mangi
Government College University, Hyderabad, Pakistan, and
Naimatullah Shah
Department of Public Admininstration, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan and
College of Business Administration, Al Yamamah University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Abstract
Purpose –This paper tries to examine the entrepreneurial intention of business students of public sector
universities of Pakistan through the entrepreneurial event model (EEM).
Design/methodology/approach –The study is a quantitative study and is based on cross-sectional data.
The data is collected through a survey questionnaire. The random sample technique is used for data collection.
The respondents are the business students of different public sector universities of Pakistan. In total 310 valid
samples are utilized for final analysis.
Findings –By employing to SEM through Analysis of Moment Structure (AMOS) version 26.0, the overall
findings show a positive and significant impact of perceived feasibility (PF), perceived desirability (PD) and
self-efficacy on entrepreneurial intention (EI).
Practical implications –The outcomes of the study may be helpful for policymakers to formulate the
policies regarding the promotion of entrepreneurship and self-employment for reducing the burden of
unemployment. Possibly, it may prove as an appliance for prosperity and income generation through boosting
entrepreneurship. Moreover, it may contribute to the literature of entrepreneurship, mainly for Pakistan and
the developing world.
Originality/value –The study would support in achieving economic development by diverting individuals’
intention for entrepreneurship.
Keywords Entrepreneurial intention, Perceived feasibility, Perceived desirability, Self-efficacy,
Entrepreneurial event model
Paper type Research paper
Introduction
In the present era, the developed and developing economies of the world are facing many
socio-economic problems such as economic downturns, globalization, corruption, inflation,
unemployment and income generation. To overwhelm these problems; the entrepreneurship
is playing a significant and positive role through job making, economic development and
declining in the inflation and unemployment (Gibb and Hannon, 2006;Johansen et al., 2012). In
this way, to divert individuals’entrepreneurial intention (EI) is a dire need of every economy.
The EI is known as the individuals’readiness for accomplishing a targeted behaviour
(Shapero, 1982). It is the individuals’commitment towards their targeted behaviour through
the interpretation of human behaviour (Krueger, 1993).
Entrepreneurial
intention of
business
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Received 28 November 2019
Revised 1 February 2020
Accepted 23 February 2020
World Journal of
Entrepreneurship, Management
and Sustainable Development
Vol. 16 No. 3, 2020
pp. 219-230
© Emerald Publishing Limited
2042-5961
DOI10.1 108/WJEMSD-11-2 019-0092
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