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Relationship between Entrepreneurship Education and Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Validation Study

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Although most of the reputed higher education institutes in India have started entrepreneurship courses, very less emphasis has been given towards finding out the effect of entrepreneurship education and their intentions to become entrepreneurs. This paper evaluates and examines the role of entrepreneurial intentions and their antecedents among 200 students at a premier higher education institute of India by using Ajzen theory of planned behaviour. This research paper seeks to understand whether and how entrepreneurship education affects the intention of the students in India. Multiple regression analysis is used to test the relationship between independent variables (entrepreneurship education, attitude towards behaviour, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control) and dependent variable (entrepreneurship intention). Results indicate a positive relationship between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intention. The finding validates the effect of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intentions and also encourages academicians to develop courses on entrepreneurship and to increase the entrepreneurial intentions among their study.

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  1. Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, 333031, Rajasthan, India

    Preeti Tiwari

  2. Department of Management, BITS-Pilani, Sancoale, Goa, India

    Anil K. Bhat & Jyoti Tikoria

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Tiwari, P., Bhat, A.K., Tikoria, J. (2017). Relationship between Entrepreneurship Education and Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Validation Study. In: Manimala, M., Thomas, P. (eds) Entrepreneurship Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3319-3_9

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