Factors influencing engineering students' intention to participate in on-campus entrepreneurial activities

This study investigates factors that influence the intention of engineering students to participate in entrepreneurial activities during their university life. This is necessary in order to understand why some students lack interests in on-campus entrepreneurial activities. The results show that the students' intentions are significantly related to their attitude toward entrepreneurship, perceived feasibility, barriers and opportunity cost. Selecting and training potential entrepreneurial students to join those programs/activities based on their traits are also found important. The findings contribute to the research on entrepreneurial behaviors of students on campus and have implications for designing effective entrepreneurial programs and activities to foster student entrepreneurship.