Dao Trung Kien, Bui Anh Tuan, Doan Thi Thu Trang, Dao Ngoc Tien, Le Hieu Hoc, Le Thi Thu Ha
Faculty of Economics and Business, Phenikaa University, Yen Nghia, Ha Dong, Ha Noi, Viet Nam.
Foreign Trade University, 91 Chua Lang, Lang Thuong, Dong Da, Ha Noi, Viet Nam.
Heliyon. 2021 Mar 8;7(3):e06381. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06381. eCollection 2021 Mar.
This article investigates the effect of academic majors on entrepreneurial intentions of engineering and business students. The research model was established based on the extension of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) through combining the TPB model, perceived risks, academic majors and personalities of students. A sample of 1844 students from the four largest universities in engineering and business in Vietnam were surveyed. The main findings indicated that (i) the relationship in the TPB model was accepted except the effect of subjective norms on entrepreneurial intentions; (ii) perceived risks have negative impacts on perceived behavioral control; (iii) male engineering students have a higher entrepreneurial intentions than female students, but this result was not found in business students; (iv) engineering students have a higher entrepreneurial intentions than business students; (vi) there are no differences between the entrepreneurial intention of students coming from rural and urban areas. The study also contributes to some policy discussion to extend the current debate about the role of academic majors that students take in university in the entrepreneurial process as well as the importance of entrepreneurial students to society.
本文研究了专业对工科和商科学生创业意向的影响。研究模型是在计划行为理论（TPB）的扩展基础上建立的，通过结合TPB模型、感知风险、专业以及学生个性。对越南四所最大的工科和商科大学的1844名学生进行了调查。主要研究结果表明：（i）TPB模型中的关系被认可，但主观规范对创业意向的影响除外；（ii）感知风险对感知行为控制有负面影响；（iii）工科男生比女生有更高的创业意向，但在商科学生中未发现此结果；（iv）工科学生比商科学生有更高的创业意向；（vi）来自农村和城市地区的学生在创业意向上没有差异。该研究还为一些政策讨论做出了贡献，以拓展当前关于学生在大学所学专业在创业过程中的作用以及创业型学生对社会重要性的辩论。
