RT journal article
T1 The influence of university entrepreneurship-oriented training in the transformation of intentions into new businesses
A1 Lechuga Sancho, María Paula
A1 Ramos Rodríguez, Antonio Rafael
A1 Frende Vega, María de los Ángeles
A2 Organización de Empresas
K1 Entrepreneurship education
K1 Entrepreneurial intentions
K1 New business creation
K1 University training
K1 GUESSS
K1 Higher educational institutions
K1 Learning process
AB Most academic studies on entrepreneurship and training primarily focus on university students’ entrepreneurial intention; therefore, research is increasingly needed on how entrepreneurship education at the institutional level may, or may not, affect actual entrepreneurial behavior. Based on data from 212 universities involved in the 2016 edition of the GUESSS, this paper examines the moderating role of training on the link between entrepreneurial intention and behavior at the meso level. For this purpose, a parsimonious theoretical model is proposed that describes these relationships and it is contrasted using PLS techniques. Our results show that the educational programs aimed at transferring knowledge and developing entrepreneurial skills make stronger the relationship between intention and behavior at the university level. Similarly, we show that education does not serve as a driver of behavior. This variable does not directly influence the dependent variable (the act of creating a firm) but, rather, strengthens the relationship between intention and behavior.
PB Elsevier
SN 1472-8117
YR 2022
FD 2022-07-01
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/39602
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/39602
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 07-nov-2026