Entrepreneurship Education and Entrepreneurial Intention: Perspectives on Institutional Theory
Journal of Entrepreneurship, Business and Economics
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Entrepreneurship Education and Entrepreneurial Intention: Perspectives on Institutional Theory
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Wannamakok, Wisuwat
Liang, Wen-ke |
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Entrepreneurial intentions have been considered a critical element understanding the formation of new venture creations that have been seen in creating jobs and economic growth in a country. This study draws upon institutional environment theory to clarify and test the model using multiple linear regression on entrepreneurship education and three determinants of institutional environment dimensions, namely, regulatory, cogni-tive, and normative dimensions toward entrepreneurial intentions in the context of Esto-nia. A questionnaire-based survey on 265 Estonian university students was conducted to validate the hypotheses of the study. The results suggest that entrepreneurship education has a significant influence on university students’ entrepreneurial intention. Additionally, all three institutional environment determinants moderate the positive relationship be-tween entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intention. Interestingly, interaction terms among normative environment, entrepreneurship education, and entrepreneurial intention are statistically significant. Therefore, the results of this study advance institu-tional theory and its application in entrepreneurship research in the context of Estonia. Research paper Keywords: Entrepreneurship education, Entrepreneurial intentions, Institutional environment theory, Estonia, University students Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Wannamakok, W., & Liang, W. (2019). Entrepreneurship Education and Entrepreneurial Intention: Perspectives on Institutional Theory, Journal of Entrepreneurship, Business and Economics, 7(2), 106–129. |
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Scientificia
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2019-09-16
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article |
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application/pdf
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http://scientificia.com/index.php/JEBE/article/view/115
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Journal of Entrepreneurship, Business and Economics; Vol 7 No 2 (2019); 106-129
2345-4695 |
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eng
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http://scientificia.com/index.php/JEBE/article/view/115/101
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Copyright (c) 2019 Wisuwat Wannamakok, Wen-ke Liang
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 |
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