Students’ attitude and support toward entrepreneurial intentions and their impact on starting a new business

This article aims to investigate determinants of university students to start a new business, which was preceded by intention to be an entrepreneur. The antecedents of a student’s intention to be an entrepreneur can be viewed from attitude toward entrepreneurship, perceived relational support, and perceived structural support. The data were obtained using a self-report questionnaire from 296 university students in West Sumatera Province, Indonesia. The participants came from students who obtained competitive funding from the university to build a microbusiness. Testing the proposed theoretical model was conducted using the SmartPLS application. The results supported that attitude toward entrepreneurship, perceived structural support, and perceived relational support had a positively significant effect on a student’s entrepreneurial intention. The intention then resulted in the decision to begin a new business. The findings implied that attempts to encourage students building a new business would be contingent on their intention toward an entrepreneurship career.