Entrepreneurship Intention of Public University Student in Bangladesh: An Empirical Study

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate university students’ entrepreneurial mindset and to determine factors which prevent them to go towards entrepreneur. Methodology: Primary data was collected through a self-constructed survey questionnaire, encompassing explanatory variables such as gender, educational background, family support, entrepreneurial education, risk-taking propensity, opportunity identification, and social recognition. These variables were analyzed alongside the dependent variable, entrepreneurial intentions, using PLS-SEM and SPSS for data processing. Findings: Risk propensity, Opportunity recognition and Entrepreneurship education showed positive results while social recognition and Family support expose a bad correlation with aspirations to become entrepreneurs. Limitations: This research project also confined the sample to its sample population and a set of explanatory variable that was used in this research and hence there can be an addition to this in the future research studies.