The effects of demographic characteristics on entrepreneurial intention in the pre-venture stage of entrepreneurship
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, vol.14, no.3, pp.406-424, 2011 (Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 14 Issue: 3
- Publication Date: 2011
- Doi Number: 10.1504/ijesb.2011.042761
- Journal Name: International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business
- Journal Indexes: Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.406-424
- Keywords: Demographic characteristics, Entrepreneurial intention, Entrepreneurship, Pre-venture stage of entrepreneurship
- Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Individuals' entrepreneurial intentions are the foundations of new-organisation creation. Using the demographic-characteristics approach of entrepreneurship as its basis, this study examines the effects of selected demographic characteristics on pre-venture entrepreneurial intentions. This study analysed the responses of 698 undergraduate university students to a questionnaire to test its hypotheses. Statistical analyses found significant and positive relationships between both being a male and having an entrepreneur-parent role-model and having entrepreneurial intentions for business-administration students, but the entrepreneur-parent role-model was the sole significant and positive predictor of engineering students' entrepreneurial intentions. Age was not a significant predictor of entrepreneurial intentions for undergraduate students. This study's findings do not support birth-order argument. Implications and future research directions are also discussed. Copyright © 2011 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.