Factors Affecting Intention to Become a Startup Entrepreneur of The Undergraduates’ Students in Private Universities

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to 1) study the factors affecting the interest in becoming Start-Up business entrepreneurs among students in private universities, 2) examine the interest in becoming Start-Up business entrepreneurs among students in private universities, and 3) investigate the influence of factors affecting the interest in becoming Start-Up business entrepreneurs among students in private universities. It is a quantitative research study. The sample group comprises 400 undergraduate students from private higher education institutions in Pathum Thani province. Data were collected using a questionnaire. The statistics used for analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation t-test, F-test, Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression analysis.

The research result revealed that 1) factors affecting the interest in becoming Start-Up entrepreneurs among students in private universities, overall, were at a high level; 2) the interest in becoming Start-Up entrepreneurs among students in private universities, overall, was at a high level; and 3) gender and parental income differences significantly affected the level of interest in becoming Start-Up entrepreneurs among students in private universities at the level of .05l. Furthermore, all eight factors are significantly related to the interest in becoming Start-Up entrepreneurs at the level of .01l. In additionally, the factors of capital (X₂), entrepreneurial skills (X₁), economy (X₅), experience (X₃), and technology (X₇) that significantly predict the interest in becoming Start-Up entrepreneurs among students in private universities at the level of .01.