Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intentions in ICT Industry: Gender and country of origin perspective

Mirjana Pejić Bach; Marjana Merkač Skok; Dalia Suša

doi:10.1515/ngoe-2016-0004

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Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intentions in ICT Industry: Gender and country of origin perspective

Naše gospodarstvo/Our economy

Volume 62 (2016): Issue 1 (March 2016)

By: Mirjana Pejić Bach, Marjana Merkač Skok and Dalia Suša

Open Access

|Mar 2016

Abstract

Although many researchers agree that environmental and personal characteristics are important for becoming an entrepreneur, it is still not clear if their influence is equally significant. Numerous authors have pointed out unresolved matters regarding the relationship among innovativeness, gender, and entrepreneurial intensions. The aim of this paper is to explore the impact of gender and country of origin in relation to entrepreneurial intentions and innovative cognitive style. Research was conducted using a sample of students majoring in information and communication technologies from Croatia and Slovenia. The results revealed the influence of gender, country, attitudes toward entrepreneurship, and innovative cognitive style on entrepreneurial intentions.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ngoe-2016-0004 | Journal eISSN: 2385-8052 | Journal ISSN: 0547-3101

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Language: English

Page range: 37 - 45

Submitted on: Nov 1, 2015

Accepted on: Dec 1, 2015

Published on: Mar 19, 2016

Published by: University of Maribor

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Keywords:

entrepreneurship,

gender,

innovation,

cross-country,

entrepreneurial intentions,

ICT,

Croatia,

Slovenia

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Business and economics,

Political economics,

Economic policy,

Business management,

Management, organization, corporate governance,

Mathematics and statistics for economists,

Statistics

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