Department of Business Organization, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence, ceiA3, Faculty of Law and Economic and Business Sciences, University of Córdoba, Pl./Puerta Nueva, s/n. 14002 Córdoba, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Nov 16;17(22):8475. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17228475.
While the current global context of successive economic and health crises are punishing the economies of different countries in the world, it is particularly relevant to explore the business intentions of young university students, as potential entrepreneurs of opportunity. This matter is of the utmost importance, as it helps to facilitate the implementation of measures that can ensure the future recovery of the economy and the creation of new businesses. The objective of this paper is to study the institutional and psychological antecedents of entrepreneurial intention and the role of gender. The theory of planned behaviour is applied to assess how personal attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control can affect students' intention of becoming an entrepreneur. In addition, organizational support and institutional barriers are tested as potentially significant antecedents of entrepreneurial intention, along with the influence of gender. The research carried out was based on survey responses from a sample of 740 students of economics, communications, and education at an Ecuadorian university. The research propositions were tested using a partial least squares approach. Results indicate that behaviour towards entrepreneurship does not change in relation to gender. In addition, personal attitudes and perceived behavioural control regarding entrepreneurship are positively related to students' entrepreneurial intention. Organizational support is also found to be important for generating entrepreneurial intention. The paper adds to the current knowledge base on entrepreneurial intention by analysing the individual and joint influence of the principal elements of the theory of planned behaviour, as well as organizational support and institutional barriers on entrepreneurial intentions. Moreover, the research provides a useful perspective on the antecedents of entrepreneurial intention in an unexplored context such as Ecuador, by responding to the call focusing on entrepreneurial intention in different regions, cultures, and contexts.
在当前全球经济和健康危机接连不断的背景下，探讨年轻大学生的创业意向，作为潜在的机会创业者，尤为重要。这一点至关重要，因为它有助于实施措施，确保经济的未来复苏和新企业的创建。本文旨在研究创业意向的制度和心理前因以及性别的作用。计划行为理论被应用于评估个人态度、主观规范和感知行为控制如何影响学生的创业意向。此外，还测试了组织支持和制度障碍作为创业意向的潜在重要前因，以及性别的影响。研究是基于对厄瓜多尔一所大学的经济学、传播学和教育学专业 740 名学生的调查回复进行的。采用偏最小二乘方法检验了研究假设。结果表明，创业行为与性别无关。此外，个人对创业的态度和感知行为控制与学生的创业意向呈正相关。组织支持对于产生创业意向也很重要。本文通过分析计划行为理论的主要要素以及组织支持和制度障碍对创业意向的个体和共同影响，为创业意向的现有知识基础做出了贡献。此外，该研究通过关注不同地区、文化和背景下的创业意向，为厄瓜多尔等未被探索的背景下的创业意向前因提供了有用的视角。
