Beyond University Support: A Multidimensional Conceptual Framework for Entrepreneurial Intention among Undergraduate Students

This conceptual paper makes the case that an understanding of university assistance as a single variable may not fully explain university students' intentions to pursue entrepreneurship. Universities offer a variety of services, including institutional and resource-based support, practical entrepreneurial experiences, and formal entrepreneurship instruction. As a result, the suggested framework distinguishes between institutional/resource, instructional, and developmental/experiential aspects of university support. The framework, which is based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour, further suggests that students' entrepreneurial mentality and perceived behavioural control may have an impact on their intention to start their own business. Therefore, the main contribution is a change in focus from questioning if colleges encourage entrepreneurship to looking at the kind of support offered and how it might affect students' aspirations to start their own business. The framework offers a targeted basis for upcoming empirical studies, which may then be evaluated in various student populations and higher education setting.

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