What Tickles Your Fancy? The Case of Technology and Engineering Students Becoming Entrepreneur

Manuscript type: Research paperResearch aims: This research aims to investigate the factors affectingentrepreneurial intention among technology and engineeringstudents.Design/Methodology/Approach: Quantitative data were collectedfrom 210 students majoring in technology and engineering. Data arethen analysed using Smart PLS.Research findings: Findings indicate that perceived desirability, perceivedfeasibility, need for achievement and need for autonomy havea significant relationship with entrepreneurial intention. This studyhighlights the role of entrepreneurship education programme as themoderating variable among technology and engineering students.Theoretical contribution/Originality: This study expands on existingentrepreneurship literature. It looks at the issue from the perspectiveof technology and engineering students. The study seeks to determinethe role of entrepreneurship education programme as the moderatingvariable.Practitioner/Policy implication: The findings of this study indicatesthe importance of entrepreneurship programme as a platform forgraduate students to develop their entrepreneurial skills, which inturn would encourage them to be an entrepreneur.Research limitation/Implications: Since this study measures entrepreneurialintention rather than entrepreneurs’ actual behaviour,it has to be reminded that intentionality may not necessarily lead toactual behaviour.