Entrepreneurial Intention and Its Determinants: Evidence from University Students in Addis Ababa
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2013-05
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Addis Ababa University
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The objective of this study is to examine entrepreneurial intention and determinants. Specifically, the study tried to examine the impact of Gender, Family background, Social norm, Entrepreneurship education, perceived government policy and Perceived access to finance to entrepreneurial intention of university students in Addis Ababa.
The quantitative approach was employed as research design. Simple Random sampling technique was used to draw sample from population. Data was collected though questionnaire and collected data was analysised through descriptive statistics, independent t-test and correlation analysis.
The significant difference in entrepreneurial intention was found between male and female students, and also between students from business family background and non business family background. The significant difference in entrepreneurial intention was not found between students those had took entrepreneurship education and those had not taken entrepreneurship education. The result indicated that there is significant positive relationship exist between Social norm and entrepreneurial intention. The result indicated that there is not significant positive relationship exist between perceived access to finance and entrepreneurial intention and also the result indicated that there is not significant positive relationship exist between perceived government policy and entrepreneurial intention.
There was no study conducted in Ethiopia relating to entrepreneurial intention and its determinants. In order to fill this gap, a sample of university students in Addis Ababa was investigated.
Key words: Entrepreneurial intention, Determinants, university and student
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Entrepreneurial intention, Determinants, university and student