Antecedents of entrepreneurial intentions of business graduates: an empirical investigation

The entrepreneurial Intentions (EI) is widely debated in the business literature, for its usefulness in fostering new ventures creation. This study aims at the explanation of (EI) for business graduates in an emerging economy, with a particular emphasis on factors affecting the EI of business graduates. The study focused whether institutional support, curriculum, peers and family. Data is collected from 277 business graduates and tested using partial least square, structural equation modelling. The findings include the antecedents of theory of planned behaviors (TPB) i.e. attitude towards entrepreneurship (ATTE), subjective norms (SN) and perceived behavioral control (PBC) showed a positive effect on EI. In addition, family and peer has positive, while general business curriculum has no positive influence on antecedents of EI.