Understanding Role Models and Gender Influences on Entrepreneurial Intentions Among College Students

By S. Karimi, Harm J. A. Biemans, Thomas Lans, Mohammad Chizari, Martin Mulder, K. Mahdei. 2013

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Drawing on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), the present study explores the effects of gender and role models on entrepreneurial intention. Data was collected by questionnaire from a sample of 331 Iranian college students. Consistent with the theory, results indicated that entrepreneurial role models indirectly influenced entrepreneurial intention through its antecedents in the TPB. The study found no gender differences in the relationship between perceived behavioural control and entrepreneurial intention. However, gender affected the other relationships in the TPB, such that attitude towards entrepreneurship was a weaker, and subjective norm a stronger predictor of entrepreneurial intention for female students than for male.

Subfields: Business and International Management, Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Entrepreneurship Education through Successful Entrepreneurial Models in Higher Education Institutions (2020, background): “Kolvereid [17] also concluded that role models indirectly influence intentions by their effect on the antecedents of career choice intentions, namely attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control [56].”
Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intention Among Undergraduate Students in Malaysia (2016, background): “The importance of the role models on the inclination towards entrepreneurship is widely discussed in the literature (e.g. Karimi et al. 2013; Kirkwood 2007).”
Effects of role models and gender on students’ entrepreneurial intentions (2014, methodology): “With regard to entrepreneurship, the efficacy and ability of the TPB to predict EIs has been demonstrated in a number of studies (Karimi et al., 2013; Kolvereid, 1996a; Krueger et al., 2000; Linan and Chen, 2009).”
The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education: A Study of Iranian Students' Entrepreneurial Intentions and Opportunity Identification (2016, background): “In particular, in a collectivistic culture such as Iran where family life and relationships with close friends and relatives are important (Javidan and Dastmalchian 2003; Karimi et al. 2013b), SN appears to play a significant role.”