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Opening the “Black Box” of University Entrepreneurial Intention in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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This research aims to study the determinants of entrepreneurial intention in academia and
compare the outcomes from two different moments, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. For
this purpose, a quantitative methodology was used, whereby a questionnaire was given to higher
education students in these two chronological moments. From the obtained results, it was possible
to ascertain that, given the motivational dimension, the attitude towards behavior and perceived
behavioral control are having a positive impact on entrepreneurial intentions during the pandemic
and that subjective norms have a negative impact on entrepreneurial intentions. This relationship
of influences is unchanged, either before or during the pandemic. Regarding the environmental
dimension, both of the variables under analysis are having a negative impact on entrepreneurial
intention during the pandemic period, which corresponds to an aggravation or loss of positive
influences when compared to the context before the pandemic, and the next assessment had a
positive impact on entrepreneurial intentions. On the theoretical contributions, the findings are very
important, as they strengthen the literature on entrepreneurial intentions, and in specific contexts
of social and economic instability. As for practical contributions, this research suggests actions to
agents with an important intervention role in the community, one of these agents is Higher Education
Institutions, which play a determining role by creating a positive environment to support their
students’ entrepreneurial intent. This research is original, as far as we are informed, and it is the first
to study entrepreneurial intention in academia during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Portuguese
context. Moreover, we suggest that the obtained results should be succeeded by further studies to
confirm the evolutionary trends now identified on the subject under analysis.
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Portugal COVID-19 Pandemic Third mission of the university Academy Entrepreneurial intention University
Citation
Gomes, S.; Sousa, M.; Santos, T.; Oliveira, J.; Oliveira, M.; Lopes, J.M. Opening the “Black Box” of University Entrepreneurial Intention in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Soc. Sci. 2021, 10, 181. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci10050181
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MDPI