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Wyznaczniki intencji przedsiębiorczych – przegląd badań
Determinants of entrepreneurial intentions – a review of research

Author(s): Zbigniew Piskorz
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Accounting - Business Administration
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uczelni Jana Wyżykowskiego

Summary/Abstract: The ability to understand and to predict the formulation of entrepreneurial intentions becomes a central issue. Therefore, the article presents a synthesis of research on the determinants of intention to start a business. Several categories of these determinants were identified. Identified several categories of these determinants. Results of research show that individual characteristics (personality, attitudes, beliefs) influence on the intention formation process. Social capital and role models is also important predictors of the entrepreneurial intention. The paper presents also a study of the entrepreneurial intention based on the “Theory of Planned of Behavior” I. Ajzen. The research’s findings confirmed the use of the Ajzen’s model in explaining the entrepreneurial intention.