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Knowledge of cognition and entrepreneurial intentions: implications for learning entrepreneurship in public and private universities

Cognitive perspective to entrepreneurship has recently received growing attention by educators and researchers. Yet, research on the association between knowledge of cognition and one's intention to become an entrepreneur is scarce. This study attempts to narrow the gap in the literature by exa...

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Main Authors: Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah, Bagheri, Afsaneh, Abdullah Sani, Zaidatol Haslinda
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48051/1/48051.pdf
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042813036641
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spelling my.upm.eprints.480512016-08-04T08:37:16Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48051/ Knowledge of cognition and entrepreneurial intentions: implications for learning entrepreneurship in public and private universities Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah Bagheri, Afsaneh Abdullah Sani, Zaidatol Haslinda Cognitive perspective to entrepreneurship has recently received growing attention by educators and researchers. Yet, research on the association between knowledge of cognition and one's intention to become an entrepreneur is scarce. This study attempts to narrow the gap in the literature by examining university students’ knowledge of cognition capacity and their intentions to become entrepreneurs. The sample consisted of 722 students from public (n=331) and private universities (n=391) in Malaysia. The findings indicated that students from public universities scored higher in all dimensions of knowledge of cognition including declarative, procedural and conditional knowledge. However, entrepreneurial intentions of students from private universities were higher than their counterparts form public universities. These findings highlight the importance of understanding students’ knowledge of cognition capacity to improve their entrepreneurial learning and consequently their intentions to become entrepreneurs. Implications of the findings for entrepreneurship education and research and agendas for future studies are discussed. Elsevier 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48051/1/48051.pdf Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah and Bagheri, Afsaneh and Abdullah Sani, Zaidatol Haslinda (2013) Knowledge of cognition and entrepreneurial intentions: implications for learning entrepreneurship in public and private universities. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 97. pp. 174-181. ISSN 1877-0428 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042813036641 10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.10.219
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description Cognitive perspective to entrepreneurship has recently received growing attention by educators and researchers. Yet, research on the association between knowledge of cognition and one's intention to become an entrepreneur is scarce. This study attempts to narrow the gap in the literature by examining university students’ knowledge of cognition capacity and their intentions to become entrepreneurs. The sample consisted of 722 students from public (n=331) and private universities (n=391) in Malaysia. The findings indicated that students from public universities scored higher in all dimensions of knowledge of cognition including declarative, procedural and conditional knowledge. However, entrepreneurial intentions of students from private universities were higher than their counterparts form public universities. These findings highlight the importance of understanding students’ knowledge of cognition capacity to improve their entrepreneurial learning and consequently their intentions to become entrepreneurs. Implications of the findings for entrepreneurship education and research and agendas for future studies are discussed.
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author Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah
Bagheri, Afsaneh
Abdullah Sani, Zaidatol Haslinda
spellingShingle Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah
Bagheri, Afsaneh
Abdullah Sani, Zaidatol Haslinda
Knowledge of cognition and entrepreneurial intentions: implications for learning entrepreneurship in public and private universities
author_facet Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah
Bagheri, Afsaneh
Abdullah Sani, Zaidatol Haslinda
author_sort Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah
title Knowledge of cognition and entrepreneurial intentions: implications for learning entrepreneurship in public and private universities
title_short Knowledge of cognition and entrepreneurial intentions: implications for learning entrepreneurship in public and private universities
title_full Knowledge of cognition and entrepreneurial intentions: implications for learning entrepreneurship in public and private universities
title_fullStr Knowledge of cognition and entrepreneurial intentions: implications for learning entrepreneurship in public and private universities
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge of cognition and entrepreneurial intentions: implications for learning entrepreneurship in public and private universities
title_sort knowledge of cognition and entrepreneurial intentions: implications for learning entrepreneurship in public and private universities
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2013
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48051/1/48051.pdf
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042813036641
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