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Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Study on Students from Countryside University

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  • Md Reiazul Haque
  • Md. Zahangir Kabir
  • Md. Mostafizur Rahman
  • Sourav Paul Chowdhury
  • Saiful Islam

Abstract

This study aims at evaluating the outlook of the students, who are studying at a countryside institution in a developing country, towards entrepreneurship by applying the theory of planned behavior. Taking into account the lack of employment opportunities in rural areas in developing economies, and the scarcity of literature on students’ self-employment intentions there; we find this study timely. The results show that there is positive outlook of the respondents toward self-employment, and the theory of planned behavior explains a significant portion of the variance in their entrepreneurial intention. Attitude toward the entrepreneurship being the significant predictor, followed by perceived behavioral control and subjective norm. This study contributes to the literature by filling the scarcity on the application of the theory of planned behavior on learners from rural institution; and thereby validates the generalizability of the theory. It also offers some important policy measures to the policy makers at government level.

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  • Md Reiazul Haque & Md. Zahangir Kabir & Md. Mostafizur Rahman & Sourav Paul Chowdhury & Saiful Islam, 2017. "Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Study on Students from Countryside University," Asian Economic and Financial Review, Asian Economic and Social Society, vol. 7(10), pages 972-980.
    • Handle: RePEc:asi:aeafrj:v:7:y:2017:i:10:p:972-980:id:1610
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    1. Vladimir Menshikov & Givi Bedianashvili & Givi Bedianashvili & Oksana Ruža & Irena Kokina, 2021. "Mobility in the context of entrepreneurial potential of students under the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic (Latvia, Georgia)," Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, VsI Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, vol. 9(1), pages 574-589, September.
    2. Akilimali Ndatabaye Ephrem & Paul Martin Dontsop Nguezet & McEdward Murimbika & Zoumana Bamba & Victor Manyong, 2021. "Perceived Social Norms and Agripreneurial Intention among Youths in Eastern DRC," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(6), pages 1-21, March.

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