Journal Article

Entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, need for achievement and entrepreneurial intention among commerce students in Pakistan

Shah, Naimatullah, Soomro, Bahadur Ali

2022

Overview

PurposeThe present study undertook an empirical investigation of entrepreneurship education, self-efficacy, need for achievement and entrepreneurial intention among Pakistan's commerce students.Design/methodology/approachThe authors applied quantitative methods based on cross-sectional data. The commerce students of the different public sector universities are targeted through a random sampling technique. The authors used a survey questionnaire to attain the responses from respondents. Finally, 184 usable cases are utilized to assume the hypothesized paths.FindingsBy applying the structural equation modeling (SEM), the findings of the study demonstrate a significant positive effect of constructs of entrepreneurship education (EE), that is, opportunity recognition (OR) and entrepreneurship knowledge acquisition (EKA) on entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE), entrepreneurial intention (EI) and need for achievement (NFA). Besides, ESE and NFA are found to be the robust predictors of EI.Practical implicationsThe findings provide significant guidelines to policy-makers and university authorities for developing useful EE courses to uplift and boost students' skills to face today's considerable business and entrepreneurship challenges. The study also helps to generate eagerness among students in selecting entrepreneurship as a career option.Originality/valueThis study suggests the confirmation of EE's significant role in developing ESE, NFA and EI among commerce students.

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited,Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Subject: Academic achievement / Achievement / Achievement motivation / Achievement Need / Attitudes / Behavior / Behavior Standards / Beliefs / Business Administration Education / Career and Technical Education / College Students / Colleges & universities / Commerce / Education / Educational psychology / Engineering Education / Entrepreneurs / Entrepreneurship / Entrepreneurship education / Foreign Countries / Intention / Knowledge acquisition / Knowledge Level / Literature Reviews / Locus of Control / Multivariate statistical analysis / Opportunities / Perceptions / Personality / Personality traits / Predictor Variables / Psychological Characteristics / Random sampling / Recognition (Achievement) / Self Efficacy / Social Capital / Social norms / Student attitudes / Students / Theory of planned behavior