THE IMPACT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ASPECTS, FAMILY FACTOR & UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENT ON ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION
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Purpose – The research aimed to explore the influence of university environment, family factor and entrepreneurial aspects on the entrepreneurial intention of universitiesstudents.
Design/methodology/approach – This research is based upon a questionnaire conducted to the students of Alexandria Universities.
Findings –The findings from this research revealed that, universities students perceived their entrepreneurial passion, university environment and family factor impacting their entrepreneurial intention, with a higher priority if compared to the variables of risk-taking and emotional intelligence, which they considered with no impact on their mentioned entrepreneurial intention; additionally, they thought that their self-efficacy served as a mediator, allowing their entrepreneurial passion to positively influence their entrepreneurial intention, however this latter mediatorwasn’t perceived to be affected neither by their planning nor innovation characteristics.
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