Future entrepreneurial behavior among female university students: The moderating role of university business incubators

IF 1.9 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Industry and Higher Education Pub Date : 2024-05-04 DOI:10.1177/09504222241251585

Khleef Ahmed Alkhawaldeh

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Abstract

This study examined the future entrepreneurial behavior of female university students. It also examined the moderating role of university business incubators in the relationship between planned behavior and future entrepreneurial behavior among female students. A questionnaire was developed based on Ajzen’s proposals on how to build a questionnaire for the theory of planned behavior and then distribute it to female students at Jordanian universities. The results of the study indicated the presence of future entrepreneurial behavior among female university students in Jordan. The results also indicated that there is a statistically significant relationship between planned behavior and future entrepreneurial behavior. Moreover, the moderating role of university business incubators was significant. The study concluded that female university students have plans and intend to start their own projects and become entrepreneurs despite their young age and economic situation. They are becoming more educated about the importance of being part of a university business incubator and its vital impact on their behavior, networks and future of entrepreneurship. Studying the future entrepreneurial behavior of female university students is particularly necessary given the difficult economic situation and the particularly high unemployment rate among women in Jordan.

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女大学生未来的创业行为：大学企业孵化器的调节作用

本研究探讨了女大学生的未来创业行为。研究还探讨了大学企业孵化器在计划行为与女大学生未来创业行为之间的调节作用。我们根据 Ajzen 关于如何制作计划行为理论问卷的建议制作了一份问卷，然后分发给约旦各大学的女大学生。研究结果表明，约旦女大学生中存在未来创业行为。结果还表明，计划行为与未来创业行为之间存在统计学意义上的显著关系。此外，大学企业孵化器的调节作用也很明显。研究得出结论，尽管女大学生年龄较小，经济状况不佳，但她们有计划并打算启动自己的项目，成为企业家。她们越来越了解加入大学企业孵化器的重要性，以及孵化器对她们的行为、网络和未来创业的重要影响。鉴于约旦经济形势严峻，女性失业率特别高，研究女大学生未来的创业行为尤为必要。

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Industry and Higher Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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期刊介绍： Industry and Higher Education focuses on the multifaceted and complex relationships between higher education institutions and business and industry. It looks in detail at the processes and enactments of academia-business cooperation as well as examining the significance of that cooperation in wider contexts, such as regional development, entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems. While emphasizing the practical aspects of academia-business cooperation, IHE also locates practice in theoretical and research contexts, questioning received opinion and developing our understanding of what constitutes truly effective cooperation. Selected key topics Knowledge transfer - processes, mechanisms, successes and failures Research commercialization - from conception to product ''Graduate employability'' - definition, needs and methods Education for entrepreneurship - techniques, measurement and impact The role of the university in economic and social development The third mission and the entrepreneurial university Skills needs and the role of higher education Business-education partnerships for social and economic progress University-industry training and consultancy programmes Innovation networks and their role in furthering university-industry engagement