Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intention Among Students: Perceived Role of the Academic and Socio- Institutional Environment

Authors

  • Léandre Gbaguidi School of Economics and Management, University of Parakou, Parakou, Benin
  • S. T. Ignace Amidjogbé School of Economics and Management, University of Parakou, Parakou, Benin
  • Alexis Abodohoui School of Economics and Management, University of Parakou, Parakou, Benin; Department of Management, University of Trois-Rivière, Trois-Rivière, Quebec, Canada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55482/jcim.2023.33579

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the influence of the academic and socio-institutional environment on the entrepreneurial intention of students in Benin. Using the snowball sampling technique, data collection was carried out based on a questionnaire distributed to a sample of 325 students from public and private universities in Benin. The estimation of the ordered logistic regression model with STATA 13 shows that the entrepreneurial intention of students in Benin is characterized by entrepreneurial education, innovation, and risk propensity. Moreover, unlike government support, variables related to perceived cultural norms and social legitimacy of entrepreneurship negatively moderate the effect of entrepreneurship education on students’ entrepreneurial intention in Benin. As a contribution to the literature, this paper shows the crucial role of students’ education in the acquisition of entrepreneurial skills that enhance entrepreneurial capacity and lead them to develop skills that help them start businesses.

Author Biographies

Léandre Gbaguidi, School of Economics and Management, University of Parakou, Parakou, Benin

Léandre Gbaguidi (PhD) is an associate lecturer at the University of Parakou, where he teaches courses in management sciences at the Faculty of Economics and Management. He is currently the Dean of the Faculty; his research focuses on entrepreneurship, the informal sector, and the coopetition of small businesses. His fields of research concern the typical strategic behavior of managers of small businesses, coopetition strategy, and market performance of very small businesses in an informal economy and entrepreneurship.

S. T. Ignace Amidjogbé, School of Economics and Management, University of Parakou, Parakou, Benin

Sèvèho Timothée Ignace Amidjogbe (PhD) is an assistant professor of management sciences at CAMES Universities. He teaches strategy and marketing at the University of Parakou. His research interests include responsible consumer behavior, sustainable development, business creation, green entrepreneurship, and innovation. He has published several papers in international journals.

Alexis Abodohoui, School of Economics and Management, University of Parakou, Parakou, Benin; Department of Management, University of Trois-Rivière, Trois-Rivière, Quebec, Canada

Alexis Abodohoui (PhD) is an associate professor of management. He teaches at the University of Parakou (UP-Benin) and in several African universities. His research focuses on Chinese and African managerial practices, Chinese managerial soft power, Chinese investments in Africa, technology transfer, sustainable digital entrepreneurship, multilateral cooperation, and industrialization. He is an author and a co-author of many papers in peer-reviewed journals on international business and management. He is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières (SSHRC).

Published

2023-12-18

How to Cite

Gbaguidi, L., Amidjogbé, S. T. I., & Abodohoui, A. (2023). Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intention Among Students: Perceived Role of the Academic and Socio- Institutional Environment. Journal of Comparative International Management, 26(2), 176–195. https://doi.org/10.55482/jcim.2023.33579

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Research Articles