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Open Access Full Text Article Research Article
Ho Chi Minh City University of
Technology, VNU-HCM, Vietnam
Correspondence
Bui Huy Hai Bich, Ho Chi Minh City
University of Technology, VNU-HCM,
Vietnam
Email: bhhbich@hcmut.edu.vn
History
 Received: 07/03/2021 
 Accepted: 07/5/2021 
 Published: 14/5/2021
DOI : 10.32508/stdjelm.v5i2.778 
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Entrepreneurial intention of engineering students: the role of
motivations and barriers
Bui Huy Hai Bich*, Pham TienMinh
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ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to explore perceptions of entrepreneurial motivations and barriers and
to assess their influence on the entrepreneurial intention of engineering students. Using data of
350 respondents who are students at HCMC University of Technology, VNU-HCM, the study iden-
tifies the key motives and barriers towards entrepreneurship. The data are then subjected to sta-
tistical regression in order to identify causal relationships between the motivations, barriers, and
entrepreneurial intention. The results indicate that creativity, independence, and economic mo-
tivation have a positive impact on entrepreneurial intention and that the most important moti-
vator for the entrepreneurial intention of engineering students is creativity. On the contrary, lack
of knowledge is the only barrier (an internal barrier) that impedes the students' intention of en-
trepreneurship. These results imply that the students' entrepreneurial intention is more affected
by internal factors (for both motivations and barriers) than external factors. In terms of the relative
power of the effects of motives and barriers on students' entrepreneurial intention, the results sug-
gest that the impact of motivations is generally more powerful than that of barriers. The findings
have important implications for educators and policymakers.
Key words: Entrepreneurial intention, Motivations, Barriers, Engineering students
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