The entrepreneurial intention of students proof against gender stereotypes

Bejaia University case

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine therole of socially constructed gender stereotypes in entrepreneurial intentions. Building on previous research and mobilizing the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), we conducted this work in a comparative approach between male and female students. The results suggest that gender effects are conveyed through perceptions of desirability. Significant differences were thus observed in terms of entrepreneurial attitudes and social norms. While at the level of perceptions of behavioural control, no significant difference was established between the male group and the female group. This last result, which contrasts with the previous literature, leads us to suppose that the weight of the training acquired by the students, strongly contributes to the feeling of being able to create a business, both for women and for men.