The Role of Entrepreneurial Spirit and Self-Efficacy in Technology Entrepreneur New Venture Creation
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32890/ijms2016.23.2.8Keywords:
Entrepreneurship, technology entrepreneurship, technology entrepreneur new venture creation, technical student, young technical graduateAbstract
Technology entrepreneur new venture creation (TENVC) plays an important role in developing and commercializing technologies worldwide. Yet, one of the critical and on-going debates is about the paradigm shift from the trait approach to the behavioral approach which emerges from what successful entrepreneurs do and how they perform, rather than what their personality traits are. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to study both the entrepreneurial spirit and self-efficacy as key factors for TENVC. The mixed methods research was employed by combining the quantitative and qualitative approaches. The samples were chosen based on convenience sampling for the quantitative study and judgment sampling for the qualitative study. The finding shows that both entrepreneurial spirit and self-efficacy are correspondingly important for TENVC among technical students and Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs). There is only a small difference in value in their positive significant relationship led by self-efficacy compared to entrepreneurial spirit with r=.005 for TENVC of technical students in IHLs. This finding is convergent with the outcome of the case study analysis that both factors are among the key indicators for TENVC of technical students in IHLs. The technology entrepreneur development organizations (TEDO) may utilize this result in developing TENVC in their institutions.
Downloads
References
Acworth, E. B., & Ghose, S. (2006). Knowledge integration communities (KICs): A Acworth Acworth case study of an innovative university-industry. Cambridge: Cambridge-MIT Institute.
Antonio, M. S. (2011). Business and entrepreneurship. Ensiklopedya leadership and management of Muhammad saw. “The super leader super manager”, Tazkia Publishing, Jakarta Selatan.
Bandura, A. (1997). Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change. Psycho Review, 18, 191-195.
Basu, A. (2006). The Silicon Valley neat ideas fair: An initiative to encourage entrepreneurship among university students. Massachusette: The NCIIA. IJMS 23 (2), 125–139 (2016)
Battle, J. (1990). Self esteem: The new revolution. Edmonton, Canada: James Battle.
Bygrave, W., & Zacharakis, A. (2011). Entrepreneurship (2nd ed.). John Wiley & Sons Inc. USA.
Chiriacescu, S. T. (2007). The relationship between the university and the business community in an ever-changing society. In D. Talaba, & H. T. Thij, Teaching and Research Synergy in the Context of University-Industry Cooperation (pp. 84-91). Eindhoven: ZkP – Chevalier de Seyn Publishers.
Cruz, J., Torres, M., Pabon, J., & Arocho, J. V. (2002). Technology based entrepreneurship: An effective tool for promoting teamwork, creativity and innovation in students. Special Challenges in Engineering Education (pp. 1-9). Mayagüez, Spain: American Society for Engineering Education.
D’Cruz, C., Shaikh, M., & Shaw, W. (2006). Taking engineering entrepreneurship education to the next level. MA: The NCIIA.
Freeman, Richard B., and Wei Huang. (2014). Collaborating with people like me: Ethnic co-authorship within the U.S. Working paper 19905, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), February.
Gatty,S. (2013). Embracing the entrepreneurial spirit. Retrieved June 19, 2013, from http://www.drsgattypeoplesolutions.com/contact-us.html.
GUESSS 2013/2014. Global university entrepreneurial spirit students‘ survey. http://www.guesssurvey.org/PDF/2013/GUESSS_ INT_2013_REPORT.pdf
Hynes, B. (1996). Entrepreneurship education and training: Introducing entrepreneurship into non-business disciplines. Journal of European Industrial Training, 20(8), 10-17.
Kawasaki, G. (2011). Enchantment: The art of changing hearts, minds, and actions. New York: Penguin Group.
Lima, E., Lopes, R. M., Nassif, V., Silva, D. (2015). Opportunities to improve entrepreneurship education: Contributions considering Brazilian challenges. Journal of Small Business Management, 51 (4), 1033-1051.
MIT-Sloan. (2007). The entrepreneurship and innovation program (E&I). Retrieved August 5, 2007, from MIT-Sloan: MIT Entrepreneurship Center: http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/
NTU. (2006). MSc. in technopreneurship and innovation. Retrieved May 7, 2007, from Nanyang technological University: http://www. ntu.edu.sg/ntc/etip.asp
O’Shea, R. P., Allen, T. J., Morse, K. P., O’Gorman, C., & Roche, F. (2007). Delineating the anatomy of an entrepreneurial university: The IJMS 23 (2), 125–139 (2016) Massachusetts Institute of Technology experience. Journal of R&D Management 37 (1), 1-16.
Prathaban, V., & Shankar, S. J. (2003, September 16). Malaysian Business. MSC, p. 1.
Sahadah, A., (2010). Technopreneur development at graduate training in malaysian institutes of higher learning. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor.
Sternberg, R. J. (2004). Successful intelligence as a basis for entrepreneurship. Journal of Business Venturing, 19(2), 189-202.
Uddin, R., & Bose, T.K. (2012). Determinants of entrepreneurial intention of business students in Bangladesh. International Journal of Business and Management 7 (24), 128-137.
Ward, S., & Ward, J. (2011). Energize your entrepreneurial spirit. Victoria: Animikii Inc.
Zimmerer, Thomas, W., & Scarborough, N. (2009). Essential of entrepreneurship and small business (5th ed.). New York: Pearson Education Inc.
Published
Issue
Section
Research impact
Harvested 2026-09-15Counts differ between services because each indexes a different body of literature. None of them is the whole picture.
