Entrepreneurial Intentions of Students: Moderating Effect of Personal Characteristics
https://doi.org/10.31992/0869-3617-2025-34-5-119-140
Abstract
Based on a survey of 391 respondents from two universities in Moscow, the entrepreneurial intentions of students were analyzed. The aim of the work: to assess the moderating effect of personality characteristics (risk aversion and innovativeness) on the relationship between entrepreneurial intentions and their factors. The research method used is regression analysis with the interaction effects of the personality characteristics of the individual and the variables of perceived control and fears related to starting a business. It is shown that perceived control, personal attitudes and family environment are positively related to entrepreneurial intentions of students, while fears are negatively related. Subjective norms are not related to entrepreneurial intentions of students. ‘Entrepreneurial’ characteristics of students, namely risk aversion and innovativeness, weaken both the negative relationship between fears related to starting a business and entrepreneurial intentions and the positive relationship between perceived control and entrepreneurial intentions. The findings can be used in the formation of state policy in the field of entrepreneurial education, as well as directly in the creation of educational programs for students studying in areas where attention is paid to the development of entrepreneurial skills.
About the Authors
A. G. Mirzoyan
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ashot G. Mirzoyan – Senior Lecturer of the Department of Innovation Economics, Faculty of Economics
1 Leninskie Gory, bld. 46, 119991 Moscow
E. A. Siniakova
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Netherlands
Netherlands
Ekaterina A. Siniakova – Master’s Student at Erasmus School of Economics
50 Burgemeester Oudlaan, 3062 PA Rotterdam
L. A. Mikhailova
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Lyudmila A. Mikhailova – Cand. Sci. (Economics), Associate Professor of the Department of Innovation Economics, Faculty of Economics
1 Leninskie Gory, bld. 46, 119991 Moscow
I. S. Suslova
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Irina P. Suslova – Lecturer of the Department of Innovation Economics, Faculty of Economics
1 Leninskie Gory, bld. 46, 119991 Moscow
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