Investigating the effect of motivation on entrepreneurial intention: three different approaches

  • Received February 5, 2018;
    Accepted May 2, 2018;
    Published May 22, 2018
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    http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.16(2).2018.18
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    Volume 16 2018, Issue #2, pp. 200-208
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This study aims to measure the impact of entrepreneurial motivation on the entrepreneurial intention of Muslim vocational school students. There is a lack of scholarly attention focusing on the Muslim students in the entrepreneurship field of the study. There were three models to be tested in this study. The first model covered six dimensions of motivation linked directly to entrepreneurial intention. The second model grouped the dimensions under the motivation variable. The third model linked taking motivation to giving motivation and giving motivation to entrepreneurial intention. Data were collected from 626 vocational school students in Jakarta. The exploratory and structural equation models were used for data analysis. This study found that, in the first model tested, “entrepreneur is cool” dimension had a significant effect on entrepreneurial intention. In the second model tested, “entrepreneurial is cool”, “financial freedom”, and “public service” dimensions represented entrepreneurial motivation that could predict Muslim students’ entrepreneurial intention. In the third model, taking motivation significantly affected giving motivation and giving motivation significantly affected intention. Recommendations for educators and future study are discussed.

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    • Figure 1. The structural model of the first model
    • Figure 2. The structural model of the second model
    • Figure 3. The structural model of the third model
    • Table 1. Approaches to motivation
    • Table 2. Participant profile
    • Table 3. EFA result
    • Table 4. Structural equation model of the theoretical framework