Factors Affecting the Entrepreneurial Intention of Students of the Academy of Public Administration and Governance

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to identify factors affecting the entrepreneurial intention of students of the Academy of Public Administration and Management. The study presents the underlying theories as the basis for the study such as: entrepreneurial event theory, planned behavior theory and reasoned action theory; provides definitions for each research concept. The proposed research model includes the dependent variable: Entrepreneurial intention of students of the Academy of Public Administration and Management and 4 independent variables: Personal initiative, attitude towards entrepreneurial behavior, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control. In addition, the author also analyzes demographic variables such as: Gender, age, school/training field, family business tradition and permanent residence. Next, the author presents the research design, constructs scales for factors, preliminarily evaluates the scales, introduces the official scales in quantitative research, presents the research method as well as proposes data analysis methods.