Entrepreneurial Intention Stability in Undergraduates Students, a Longitudinal Analysis

Abstract

There is a general agreement about the central role of entrepreneurship in development and well-being of societies. In this line, much work has been carried out by researches explaining entrepreneurial intention as the major predictor of entrepreneurship behavior, its antecedents and the impact of education on it. Nevertheless, very little has been made to analyze the temporal evolution of intentions, and even less with undergraduate samples. This paper aims to full fill this gap in literature. The main objective is to identify intention’s evolution over a period of three years in Business Management undergraduate students. An empirical analysis with a three wave longitudinal data has been carried out. This paper makes a contribution to EI field, especially in regard to its evolution during undergraduate years. We expect the findings shed some light on the factors affecting EI stability over time. Practical implications and future research are also commented.