Entrepreneurial-intention constraint model: A comparative analysis among post-graduate management students in India, Singapore and Malaysia

Although literature on entrepreneurship has increasingly focused on intention based<br> models, not much emphasis has been laid on understanding the combined effect of<br> contextual and situational factors along with support of university environment on the<br> formation of entrepreneurial intention among students. In an effort to make up for this<br> shortfall, by taking Theory of Planned Behavior as basic framework, the present study<br> seeks to understand the influence of three of the most important factors, viz. (a)<br> endogenous barriers, (b) exogenous environment, and (c) university environment and<br> support on the entrepreneurial intention among management students. The study sample<br> consisted of 1,097 students, wherein 526 students were from India, 252 from Singapore,<br> and 319 were from Malaysia. The results indicates that along with positive attitude and<br> perceived behavioral control that directly influences entrepreneurial intention, university<br> environment and support and exogenous environment also have an indirect but significant<br> impact on shaping of entrepreneurial intention among students. With this, it was<br> found that exogenous environment was found to have a negative relationship with both<br> attitude towards behavior and perceived behavioral control for all three countries.