Explanation and Comparing Entrepreneurial Intention Among Engineering and Management Students

The main purpose of this study is investigation and comparing the factors affecting the entrepreneurial intention among engineering and management students in the University of Science and Culture. This research is applied in terms of purpose, and inferential descriptive in terms of method. The statistical population in this study is all engineering and management students in the University of Science and Culture. The statistical sample size is calculated 334 by using the Cochran’s formula (101 students of management and 233 students of engineering). In order to examine more accurately and differentiate entrepreneurial from non entrepreneurial behavior, 30 students who answered the questionnaire are entrepreneurs. The research data are analyzed by SPSS software. This research has four sub-hypotheses, first to three sub-hypotheses have been analyzed by using Linear Regression and fourth sub-hypothesis has been analyzed using Logistic Regression. The results of data analysis show that attitudes toward behavior, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control have a significant effect on entrepreneurial intention, but no difference is found between the entrepreneurial intention of engineering and management students. Additionally, it is found that entrepreneurial intention has a significant effect on entrepreneurial behavior.

Keywords:

Factors Effecting Entrepreneurship Intention , Ajzan Theory of Planed Behavior , Logistic and Linear Regression , Entrepreneurial Intention.