ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS AMONG ENTREPRENEURIAL MANAGEMENT STUDENTS CLASS 2014: A QUALITATIVE LONGITUDINAL STUDY
Keywords:
Entrepreneurial intentions, longitudinal qualitative research, plans after graduation, entrepreneurship, content analysisAbstract
To find out how intra-academic business exposure changed entrepreneurial intentions (EI) over a period of time, the post-graduation plans of all the students enrolled in the Rizal Technological University’s (RTU) entrepreneurial management program who took up the subject “Project Study 1-Business Plan” (prior to the business project experience) and their plans after the business project exposure in the “Project Study 2 – Business Plan Implementation” were documented and analyzed using longitudinal qualitative research method. Qualitative data from both the pre and post exposure plans were taken from the essays the students wrote during the two-semester period, school year 2012-2013. Qualitative content analyses of the narratives revealed that actual business exposure as part of the course curriculum increased the students’ EI and that there were different reasons for the change. It was found out that regardless of exposure factor, males have higher EI than females. The study also showed that the problems encountered by the students in their business projects made them realize that they have potential for entrepreneurship and that they can convert their passions and new-found ideas into profitable activities. However, three common problems were cited by the students in the business plan implementation which were limited capital, time constraints and lack of teamwork among group members.
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