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The effects of demographic characteristics on entrepreneurial intention in the pre-venture stage of entrepreneurship

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  • Adnan Ozyilmaz

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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.

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  • Adnan Ozyilmaz, 2011. "The effects of demographic characteristics on entrepreneurial intention in the pre-venture stage of entrepreneurship," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 14(3), pages 406-424.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijesbu:v:14:y:2011:i:3:p:406-424
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    1. Sudhir Kumar Soam & Surya Rathore & Basavapatna Subbanna Yashavanth & Thammi Raju Dhumantarao & Rakesh S. & Raghupathi Balasani, 2023. "Students’ Perspectives on Entrepreneurship and Its Intention in India," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(13), pages 1-20, July.
    2. Susantiningrum, Susantiningrum & Siswandari, Siswandari & Joyoatmojo, Soetarno & Mafruhah, Izza, 2023. "Leveling entrepreneurial skills of vocational secondary school students in Indonesia: Impact of demographic characteristics," International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training (IJRVET), European Research Network in Vocational Education and Training (VETNET), European Educational Research Association, vol. 10(1), pages 113-137.
    3. Ravindra Jain & Saiyed Wajid Ali, 2012. "Personal Characteristics of Indian Entrepreneurs and Intrapreneurs," Management and Labour Studies, XLRI Jamshedpur, School of Business Management & Human Resources, vol. 37(4), pages 295-322, November.
    4. Kwaku Amofah & Ramon Saladrigues, 2020. "Going Down Memory Lane in the Application of Ajzen’s Theory of Planned Behaviour Model to Measure Entrepreneurial Intention: An Sem-Pls Approach," International Review of Management and Marketing, Econjournals, vol. 10(3), pages 110-121.

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