FACTORS INFLUENCING NEW GRADUATES’ START-UP INTENTIONS IN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY IN CAN THO CITY
Keywords:
Can Tho City, engineering technology, new graduates, start-up intention
Abstract
This study aims to find what factors influence new graduates’ start-up intentions in the field of Engineering Technology in the city of Can Tho. Surveys were completed by 400 new graduates from universities in the area with Cronbach’s Alpha test method, exploratory factor analysis, and multiple linear regression were utilized in order to examine the relationships among the factors and the new graduates’ start-up intentions. The results showed that factors influencing new graduates’ start-up intentions comprise of attitudes, external factors and subjective thinking.
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business venturing. 2000; 15(5):411–432.
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motivation. Human Resource Management Review.
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of France and the United States. Journal of Small
Business & Entrepreneurship. 2009; 22(2):101–122.
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Intention in South Africa: Motivations and Obstacles.
Department of Business Management. University of
Fort Hate; 2010.
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data analysis in SPSS. Hong Đuc Publisher; 2008.
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Chi Minh City – Vietnam. International Journal of
Business and Social Science. 2014; 5(1):53–62.
[12] Francisco Linán, Juan Carlos Rodriguez- Cohad, ˜
José M.Rueda- Cantuche. Factors Affecting entrepreneurial intention levels, a role for education. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal. 2011; 7(2):195–218.
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50(2):179–211.
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entrepreneurial intentions of university students in
China. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise
Development. 2008; 16(4):752–774.
[15] Delmar. Frédéric, Per Davidsson. Where do they
come from? Prevalence and characteristics of nascent
entreprencurs. Entreprencurship and Religional Development. 2000; 12(4):1–23.
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Turkish University Students. Procedia - Social and
Behavioral Sciences. 2014; 150:841–850.
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of Managerial Psychology. 2012; 27(5):428–458.
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76 (1):3–14.
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at factor and indicator level. European Management
Journal. 2014; 32(5):784–794.
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on attitude consistency model. Unpublished doctoral
dissertation, Brigham Young University. In Dissertation Abstracts International. 1987; (48):2807B.
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to create a social venture are formed. In Social entrepreneurship. UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006:121–
135.
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K Ghani. Entrepreneurship intention among Malaysia
Business Students. Canadian Social Science. 2010;
6(3): 34–44.
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students in China and USA. Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research. 2011; 1(1):35–44.
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The Entrepreneurial Intention of Undergraduates in
Sri Lankan University. Faculty of Commerce and
Management Studies. University of Kelaniya, SriLanka. 2011.
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Explaining entrepreneurial intentions of university
students: a cross-cultural study. In International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research. 2009;
15(6):571–594. DOI:10.1108/13552550910995443.
[26] T. Astebro, N. Bazzazian, S. Braguinsky. Star- ˚
tups by recent university graduates and their
faculty: Implications for university entrepreneurship policy. Research Policy. 2012; 41(4):663–677.
DOI:10.1016/j.respol.2012.01.004.
[27] Phan Anh Tu, Giang Thi Cam Tien. Factors influencing start-up intentions: A case study of students
of Economics and Business Administration School of Can Tho University. Can Tho University Science
Magazine. 2015; 38:59–66.
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East Asian and Anglo-Saxon countries. Journal of
International Business Studies. 2001; 32(3):537–547.
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Multivariate Data Analysis. Fifth Edition. PrenticeHall Intenational, Inc; 1998.
[30] J. C. Anderson, D. W. Gerbing. Structural Equation
Modeling in Practice: A Review and Recommended
Two-Step Approach. Psychological Bulletin. 1988.
103(3):411–423. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-
2909.103.3.411.
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15-February-2021
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Huynh L, Nguyen T, Huynh N. FACTORS INFLUENCING NEW GRADUATES’ START-UP INTENTIONS IN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY IN CAN THO CITY. journal [Internet]. 15Feb.2021 [cited 22Dec.2024];11(42):1-. Available from: https://journal.tvu.edu.vn/tvujs_old/index.php/journal/article/view/686
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