Future entrepreneurial behavior among female university students: The moderating role of university business incubators

Abstract

This study examined the future entrepreneurial behavior of female university students. It also examined the moderating role of university business incubators in the relationship between planned behavior and future entrepreneurial behavior among female students. A questionnaire was developed based on Ajzen’s proposals on how to build a questionnaire for the theory of planned behavior and then distribute it to female students at Jordanian universities. The results of the study indicated the presence of future entrepreneurial behavior among female university students in Jordan. The results also indicated that there is a statistically significant relationship between planned behavior and future entrepreneurial behavior. Moreover, the moderating role of university business incubators was significant. The study concluded that female university students have plans and intend to start their own projects and become entrepreneurs despite their young age and economic situation. They are becoming more educated about the importance of being part of a university business incubator and its vital impact on their behavior, networks and future of entrepreneurship. Studying the future entrepreneurial behavior of female university students is particularly necessary given the difficult economic situation and the particularly high unemployment rate among women in Jordan.