University Departments and Self-Employment Intentions of Business Students: A Cross-Level Analysis

42 Pages Posted: 8 Nov 2011

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Sascha G. Walter

Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg

K. Praveen Parboteeah

University of Wisconsin - Whitewater - College of Business and Economics

Achim Walter

University of Kiel

Date Written: November 3, 2011

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 dataset of 1,530 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.

Keywords: academic entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial intentions, multilevel modeling, gender, entrepreneurship education

JEL Classification: I21, I28, J23, M13

Suggested Citation

Walter, Sascha G. and Parboteeah, K. Praveen and Walter, Achim, University Departments and Self-Employment Intentions of Business Students: A Cross-Level Analysis (November 3, 2011). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1953844 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1953844

Sascha G. Walter (Contact Author)

Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg ( email )

Sanderring 2
Würzburg, 97070
Germany

K. Praveen Parboteeah

University of Wisconsin - Whitewater - College of Business and Economics ( email )

Whitewater, WI 53190
United States

Achim Walter

University of Kiel ( email )

Olshausenstr. 40
D-24118 Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein 24118
Germany

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