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ENTREPRENEURSHIP TENDENCY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH KNOWLEDGE AND ADOPTION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: A CASE OF ETHIOPIAN COLLEGE STUDENTS
Last modified: 2019-12-19
Abstract
This study is the first in its kind to provide empirical evidence to the possibility of information technology’s knowledge and intent to adopt as a factor for entrepreneurial intention of individuals in developing economy. It investigates relationships among the personal attributes (creativity, autonomy, risk-taking, locus of control and need for achievement), IT Knowledge, IT adoption, and entrepreneurial intention. A sample of 200 college students from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia participated in the survey that adopts the General Measure of Entrepreneurial Tendency and IT adoption instruments. The study concludes that the participants showed average entrepreneurial tendency, and the participants’ adoption and knowledge of information technology (IT), and entrepreneurship tendency are positively correlated. Implications of these results are also discussed.
Keywords
entrepreneurial tendency, information technology