Factors influencing entrepreneurial intention among the students of Tribhuvan University
Date
2022
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Department of Management
Abstract
Despite the growth of young promising entrepreneurs in the country, to the best of our
knowledge, there have only been few studies regarding students' entrepreneurial
intentions. This research mainly focuses on factors affecting entrepreneurial intention
among the students of Tribhuvan University of Kirtipur Municipality. This study aims
to examine the factors affecting entrepreneurial intention. The Theory of Reasoned
Action and the Theory of Planned Behaviour are used in the study. In the study, four
variables are taken as independent variables: Attitude towards behaviour, subjective
norms, perceived behavioural control and entrepreneurship education whereas
entrepreneurial intention is used as dependent variable. The research used
questionnaire as an instrument of primary data collection and distributed to 124
students through Google form. The research design embraced in the study consists of
descriptive, relational and casual research designs. Various tools used for data
analysis were mean, median, mode, standard deviation, variance, correlation,
regression etc. The findings revealed that Attitude towards behaviour, subjective
norms, perceived behavioural control and entrepreneurship education have significant
effect on students’ entrepreneurial intention.
Description
Keywords
Subjective norms, Entrepreneurship education, Entrepreneurial intention