Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Case of University Students in HCMC

This study is to explore and measure factors that affect undergraduates’ entrepreneurial intentions - a test for students of universities in Hochiminh City by applying both qualitative and quantitative analysis. The primary data of this study was gathered by interviewing 773 seniors of six universities who nurture entrepreneurial intentions from 01 March 2017 to 28 April 2017. It is concluded that entrepreneurship education affects the entrepreneurial intention not only directly but also indirectly through attitude toward the entrepreneurial behavior, subjective norm, perceived feasibility; personality traits impact indirectly on entrepreneurial intention via attitude toward the entrepreneurial behavior and perceived feasibility. The results of this research show that the factors affecting the entrepreneurial intention of university students in Ho Chi Minh City include: entrepreneurship education, attitude toward the entrepreneurial behavior, subjective norm, perceived feasibility and personality traits. In particular, entrepreneurship education has a direct or indirect impact on the student s entrepreneurial intention through the remaining factors.