CONNECT OR DISCONNECT: THE INFLUENCE OF TECHNOLOGY-ENABLED UNIVERSITY SUPPORT SERVICES ON ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS

M J Scheepers and J Hough
Department of Business Management
University of Stellenbosch
South Africa

The purpose of this paper to describe the entrepreneurial intentions of South African university students and to determine the influence of university information technology-enabled support services (ITeS) on their entrepreneurial intentions. A cross-sectional web-based survey was conducted from August to November 2008 and 2203 university students participated. The results indicate that more than half of students consider an entrepreneurial career more than five years after graduation and even though they regard ITeS as important, few make use of more than contacts, business plan and entrepreneurship seminars and lectures

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