TY  - SER
AU  - Biswas,Dola
AU  - Sununta Siengthai,
AU  - Supasith Chonglerttham,
AU  - Vimolwan Yukongdi,
ED  - Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship,
TI  - Entrepreneurial intentions of university students: an inter-regional comparison
T2  - Research studies project report
KW  - Entrepreneurship
KW  - Study and teaching (Higher)
KW  - Education
N1  - A research submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration; Research Studies Project Report (M.BA.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2016
N2  - Impact of entrepreneurship in a nation's economy is enormous. Number of research on  entrepreneurship is iucreesing day by day due to its importance on socio-economic  development. This paper aims to understand the influential factors having impact on  entrepreneurial intention of university students in South and Southeast Asian region as well  as to examine the impact of regional dimensions on their entrepreneurial decision making. To  explore these, a cross-sectional entrepreneurial attitude orientation (EAO) survey was carried  out on 402 students from an international university in Thailand. The EAO consists of  demographic characteristics, social surrounding, personality traits, environment for starting  business and entrepreneurial education.  Analysis of collected data shows that entrepreneurial intention of the potential or current  "founder" are highly relevant for 'regional dlmensleu'. Personality traits, like; need for  achievement, internal locus of control, tolerance of ambiguity as well as autonomy and  authority are found to be significantly influencing the entrepreneurial intention of the sample  respondents. Some of their demographic characteristics, like; relationship status (marital  status) and course of study were found significantly important for their entrepreneurial  intention, whereas influence of age and gender are not supported by the empirical evidence.  The surrounding environment and entrepreneurial education did not pose any impact 011 the  students' entrepreneurial intention according to this study. The policy makers and educators  may find areas to focus on for promoting entrepreneurship among students in South and  Southeast Asia from this study.
ER  -