Role of Educational Institutions in Influencing Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Scoping Review
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The study of entrepreneurial intention has been an emerging research agenda in the field of entrepreneurship since the 1990s. This field is appealing for researchers since it offers the opportunity to analyze entrepreneurial intention in the context of a different theoretical framework that can be used by developing and developed countries to improve their economies. The study has the purpose to conduct a scoping review of existing literature on entrepreneurial intentions. It aimed to spot research gaps in the existing literature without conducting an exhaustive review. One such gap was the inadequate use of existing theories to facilitate the development of entrepreneurial pedagogy. The other identified research gap was that no scholar has explained how external factors, such as education, financial support, and culture, affect entrepreneurial intentions and how these intentions can be explored from a theoretical perspective. Furthermore, scholars also failed to elaborate on which study materials should be used by educational institutions in order to improve enterprising expectations among students. Thus, it is recommended that future scholars should explore the above-mentioned research gaps so policymakers may use their findings to develop a mechanism that would facilitate the development of entrepreneurial intentions.
Keywords: entrepreneurial event theory (EET), entrepreneurial intention, personality traits, educational institutions, theory of planned behaviour (TPB), scoping review
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