Entrepreneurial Intention of Female Undergraduates: Evidence from the Faculty of Commerce and Management, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Abstract

Entrepreneurship is very importance for all countries. But some people approach it without a proper understanding about it. In time, their business went bankrupt. But people with business management knowledge are less likely to do so. Hence, the main objective of this study was to identify the entrepreneurial intention of female undergraduates of the faculty of Commerce and Management, university of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka as there is a business management knowledge. This was carried out as a quantitative and conducted as the cross-sectional field study among a sample of 310 female undergraduates of the Commerce and Management faculty, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. Convenience sampling was applied to select the sample. Data were collected via a standard questionnaire that met accepted standards of validity and reliability and it was distributed among female undergraduates as a Google form online. The sample data set was analyzed with aid of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). According to the independent t-test analysis, the family background creates a great impact on entrepreneurial intention. Although they have entrepreneurial intention through creativity and educational support, they are reluctant to start a new business due to their family background. Researcher recommends establishing a mechanism with the aid of the key research findings, to capture the entrepreneurial intention of female undergraduates before leaving the university. Therefore, female undergraduates can gain the university support to become an entrepreneur. Further, researchers would suggest the organization of entrepreneurial motivational programs to promote the parallel entrepreneurship in the university.