The Impact of Access to Finance and Environmental Factors on Entrepreneurial Intention: The Mediator Role of Entrepreneurial Behavioural Control
Year: 2020
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Objective: The objective of the article is to test the direct and indirect impact of environmental and individual determinants on entrepreneurial intention with perceived entrepreneurial behavioural control as a mediating variable. Research Design & Methods:A cross-sectional quantitative research was conducted using structural equation modelling analysis with a sample consisting of 635 students in 11 universities in Vietnam.Findings: The results reveal that perceived environmental factors are significantly related to students' perceived entrepreneurial behavioural control so that entrepreneurial behavioural control becomes a mediator through which those environmental factors influence entrepreneurial intention.Access to finance is insufficient to influence entrepreneurial intention unless combined with entrepreneurial behavioural control. Implications & Recommendations:The research findings have implications for policymakers in fostering graduates' entrepreneurship in emerging countries. Contribution & Value Added:The survey provides evidence supporting the theoretical arguments that exogenous factors affect perceived entrepreneurial behavioural control and impact entrepreneurial intention through the individual's perceptions of behavioural control.
Author: Thu Thuy Nguyen
Institution: National Economics University
Language: English
Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3045978381