Personal Attitudes, Family Background, and Contextual Elements as Antecedents of Students Entrepreneurial Intention: Case in Indonesia Higher Education
H.A. Rivai, H.Lukito, & A. Morhan

Management Department, Universitas Andalas

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the antecedents of entrepreneurial intention of students in higher education context. Those antecedents can be viewed from personal attitudes, family background, and contextual elements (i.e. capital access, availability of information, social network). This study was conducted by using quantitative approach to answer proposed hypotheses. Four universities from West Sumatra Province, Indonesia participated as research objects. The total number samples in the study is 240 respondents of registered universities students. Data analyses using multiple linear regression. The study found that personal attitudes significantly affect entrepreneurial intention of university students. Intention to be entrepreneur was significantly influenced by family background of the students. The the study supported that contextual elements as significant determinant of entrepreneurial intention in the universities. It can be concluded that, all three variables: family background, and contextual elements, has significant impact on entrepreneurial intention of the students in higher education context. Implication of the study also was discussed in the paper.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Intentions, Higher Education Institutions (HEI), personal attitudes, family background, contextual elements.

Topic: Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship and Contemporary Issues