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University departments and self-employment intentions of business students: a cross-level analysis

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>2013
<mark>Journal</mark>Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
Issue number2
Volume37
Number of pages26
Pages (from-to)175-200
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date23/05/11
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

This study examines how characteristics of university departments impact students' self-employment intentions. We argue that four organizational-level factors (entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurship support programs, industry ties, and research orientation) increase such intentions. Using a data set of 1530 business students and 132 professors at 25 university departments, this study shows that entrepreneurship education and industry ties are related to self-employment intentions only for the males in our sample. A negative effect of the department's research orientation was found. Our study suggests that the organizational context plays an important but gender-specific role in shaping future entrepreneurs. Implications of our findings are discussed.