Understanding entrepreneurial intentions: A developed integrated structural model approach

By Kourosh Esfandiar, M. Sharifi-Tehrani, S. Pratt, L. Altınay. Journal of business research, 2017

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The primary objective of this study is to develop the pioneering version of Krueger's (2009) integrated model of entrepreneurial intention (EI) and to empirically test the new model in explaining individuals' intentions of entrepreneurial activities. The data were collected by the self-reported in-person and electronic questionnaires from a population of tourism students from several universities in Iran. The results of partial least squares estimations indicate that desirability is the main determinant of entrepreneurial goal intention (EGI), followed by self-efficacy, feasibility, opportunity, attitude, and collective-efficacy, while social norms do not influence EGI. Also, EGI strongly influences entrepreneurial implementation intention. Concerning the modification effect, the impact of perceived opportunity on EGI tends to increase when an individual has a high propensity to act. The findings provide policy makers with important insights into how to nurture tourism students' EIs through educational programs.

Subfields: Business and International Management, Education, Management of Technology and Innovation

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Personal norms and the adoption of pro-environmental binning behaviour in national parks: an integrated structural model approach (2020, methodology): “In other words, those people whose opinions are important to us can influence our pro-environmental personal norms and behaviour (Esfandiar et al., 2019; Heywood, 2002; Heywood & Murdock, 2002).”
Entrepreneurial Intention: Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and University Support (2020, background): “If an individual is not interested in entrepreneurship, all business process-related matters will seem more severe than those involved in entrepreneurship [25].”
Perceived public support and entrepreneurship attitudes: A little reciprocity can go a long way! (2020, background): “For instance, Esfandiar et al. (2019) confirmed the positive influence of self - efficacy on entrepreneurial goal intention in the case of Iranian students.”
Examining how the personality, self-efficacy, and anticipatory cognitions of potential entrepreneurs shape their entrepreneurial intentions (2018, background): “These models have been empirically verified and reveal that individuals' entrepreneurial intentions predict both entrepreneurial goal orientation (Esfandiar et al., 2017) and whether or not they will engage in entrepreneurial ventures such as business startups (Drnovšek, Wincent, & Carson, 2010).”