Factors Affecting Entrepreneurial Intention of Business Students: Case Study of VNU University of Economics and Business:

This paper presents results of a research on determinants of entrepreneurial intention among business students. VNU – University of Economics and Business is chosen for survey location. 250 questionnaires were emailed to business students at VNU – UEB, and then 226 responses were valid for further analysis. Findings from this research show that knowledge and experience, attitude toward entrepreneurship and perceived behavior control are three most important factors that influence the entrepreneurial intention.  Keyword Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial intention, business students References [1] Drucker, P. F. (1985), Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Butterworth-Heineman Publishing House[2] Schumpeter, J.A (1947) “The creative response in economic history”, Journal of Economic History, 7(2), 149 – 159.[3]Volkman, C.et al., (2009),“Educating the Next wave of entrepreneurs. Unlocking entrepreneurial capabilities to meet the global challenges of 21st century”, Report of the Global Education Initiative. Cologny, Geneva: World Economic Forum.[4]Mumtaz et al., (2012)B.A.K. Mumtaz, S. Munirah, K. Halimahton. “The Relationship between educational support and entrepreneurial intentions in Malaysian Higher Learning Institution”, Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 69 (24) (2012), pp. 2164-2173[5, 7]. Turker, D., Selcuk, S.S. (2009). “Which factors affect entrepreneurial intention of university students?” Journal of European Industrial Training, 33(2), 142 – 159[6]Peterman, Kennedy, (2003) “Enterprise Education: Influencing Students’ Perceptions of Entrepreneurship”,Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, 28(2), pp. 129 – 144.[8] Roxas et al. (2008) “An Institutional View of Local Entrepreneurial Climate”,Asia-Pacific Social Science Review, 7(1) [9] Engle, R.I., Dimitriadi, N., Gavidia, J.V., Schlaegel, C.Delanoe, S., Alvarado, I., He, X., Buame, S. and Wolff, B. (2010). “Entrepreneurial Intent: A Twelve-Country Evaluation of Ajzen’s Model of Planned Behavior”,International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, 16(1), pp. 35 – 47.[10] Devonish , D., Alleyne, P., Soverall, W.C., Marshall, A.Y. and Pounder, P. (2010). “Explaining Entrepreneurial Intentions in the Caribbean”, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, 16(2), pp.149 – 171.[11] Yusof, M., Sandhu, M.S, Jain, K.K. (2007), “Relationship between Psychological Characteristics and Entrepreneurial Inclination: A Case Study of Students at University Tun Abdul Razak (UNITAR)”, Journal of Asia Entrepreneurship and Sustainability, 3(2).[12] Birdthistle, N. (2008), “Family SMEs in Ireland as Learning Organizations”, The Learning Organization, 15(5), pp. 421-436.[13] Davey, T., Plewa, C.,Struwig, M. (2010). “Entrepreneurial Perceptions and Career Intentions of International Students”, Journal of Education and Training, 53(5), pp. 335 – 352.[14] Krueger, Norris F., Reilly, Michael D., Carsrud, Alan L. (2000). “Competing models of entrepreneurial intentions”, Journal of Business Venture, 15(5/6), pp. 411 – 432.[15] Hoyer, W., MacInnis, D. (2004),Consumer Behavior (3rd ed.). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.[16] Boissin, J. P., Branchet, B., Emin, S., Herbert, J. I. (2009). “Students and entrepreneurship: A comparative study of France and the United States”, Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 22(2), 101-122.[17] Shane, S., (2003), A general theory of entrepreneurship: The individual-opportunitynexus, UK: Edward Elgar[18] Brandstätter, H. (2011). “Personality aspects of entrepreneurship: A look at five meta-analyses”, Personality and Individual Differences, 51, pp. 222–230.[19] GhasemiF. et al (2011), “The relationship between creativity and achievement motivationwith high school students’ entrepreneurship”, Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 30, pp. 1291 – 1296.[20] Nguyen, M., & Phan, A. (2014), “Entrepreneurial Traits and Motivations of the Youth – an Empirical Study in Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam”. International Journal of Business and Social Science, 5(1), pp. 53–62.[21] Maes, J., Leroy, H., & Sels, L (2014), “Gender differences in entrepreneurial intentions: A TPB multi-group analysis at factor and indicator level”, European Management Journal, 32 (5), pp. 784-794