The Impact of Religious Dimension on Entrepreneurial Intention by Using PLS Approach—Case Study

Abstract

In a complex environment resulted from the economic and technological changes, and the emergence of the uncertainty cases, the entrepreneurial thought knows a development in the determinants of entrepreneurial spirit, that has become a mechanism and a dynamic of the competitivety of international economies, starting by the construction of investment projects whether individual or collective, which are based on innovation and the use of technology as factors that have the ability to give business competitiveness and increase its economic efficiency, also that is through the creation of job opportunities and reaching the economic development. This research aims to study the effect of the religious dimension and the dimensions of entrepreneurial behavior on the entrepreneurial intention among youth who are interested in realizing entrepreneurial projects. The partial least squares approach (PLS) has been used in this study and it results that the religious dimension influences positively the entrepreneurial intention.