The Role Of Entrepreneurial Education And Alertness In Predicting Entrepreneurial Intentions

Abstract

This study aimed to examine entrepreneurial education and alertness as the predicting variables in determining entrepreneurial intentions that are dynamic in determining entrepreneurs’ behaviors towards desired outcomes. In this linking, framework has been
developed from existing literature and tested in field study by collecting data from students through sample from population hailing from higher education institutions in southern region, KP, Pakistan. The questionnaire was used as tool for collecting the primary data and analyzed by using different statistical procedures to examine hypotheses as extracted from the theoretical framework to find the answers of research hypotheses and reaching desired conclusion. The hypotheses were related to relationships among research variables like association and cause-&-effect that were examined through correlation and regression procedures. The results provide significant information in deciding about existence of relationships among variables in particular context like positive correlation and significant impact. Thus, some recommendations are extracted from study offered to higher institutions management and students about the effectiveness of entrepreneurial parameters in the determination towards desired success.