Individual Entrepreneurial Orientation of University Students and their Job-hunting Outcomes

Focus on Education and Family Environment

Abstract

This study analyzed entrepreneurial orientation among university students and its impact on their job-hunting outcomes by focusing on entrepreneurship education and family environment. We used data obtained from a two-point internet monitoring survey conducted on university students their Job-hunting. A measure of individual entrepreneurial orientation （IEO） was used in the analysis. The results revealed the following three issues.

First, entrepreneurship education and family environment positively affected IEO. These results suggest that school education nurtures entrepreneurship. The family environment of self-employed and business owners may affect the intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship. However, the opportunities for entrepreneurship education should be more open since the strong influence of family environment on IEO is an innate environmental disparity.

Second, a family environment with self-employed and business owners positively affected the choice of entrepreneurship education. The results of this analysis suggest that university students may be the choice of entrepreneurship education to prepare for career choices such as starting a business or family business succession.

Third, university students with high-risk orientation in the context of IEO choose to be employed by young firms of corporate age, such as venture firms. Therefore, this analysis suggests that university students with high-risk orientation may be making career choices based on their desire for work experience in a growing field.