Entrepreneurship Education and Family Business on Student’s Intention to Continue Family Business: Students of Economic and Business Faculty, Widyatama University

Authors

  • Meriza Hendri*, Keni Kaniawati

Abstract

One of strategic program to develop entrepreneurship in Indonesia is to educate students at
universities. This program is also run by faculty of economic and business, Widyatama University by
educating entrepreneurship for two semesters. There is an interested thing for students where 44 students of
103 students are from family business. Unfortunately, most of them are reluctant to continue their parents’
business. It is supposed related to entrepreneurship education and family business. Research objectives are
to know and analysis entrepreneurship education, family business, student’s intention to continue family
business, the influence of entrepreneurship education and family business toward student’s intention to
continue family business. Descriptive and verificative method is used to answer research questions. Data is
collected from 44 students. Census is used to collect data. The results of the study indicate that
entrepreneurship education influences student’s intention to continue family business but smaller than
influence of family business to student’s intention to continue family business. Meanwhile, entrepreneurship
education and family business influence student’s intention to continue family business. Limitation, it’s
only run for three classes with one lecturer. Practical implication, university can design entrepreneurship
education with focus to students’ intent to continue family business with prior to mapping students’ family
business. Originality, this research provides a meaningful contribution since a lot of entrepreneurship
education can’t create entrepreneur.

Published

2020-10-15

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