<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Although many researchers agree that environmental and personal characteristics are important for becoming an entrepreneur, it is still not clear if their influence is equally significant. Numerous authors have pointed out unresolved matters regarding the relationship among innovativeness, gender, and entrepreneurial intensions. The aim of this paper is to explore the impact of gender and country of origin in relation to entrepreneurial intentions and innovative cognitive style. Research was conducted using a sample of students majoring in information and communication technologies from Croatia and Slovenia. The results revealed the influence of gender, country, attitudes toward entrepreneurship, and innovative cognitive style on entrepreneurial intentions.</p></abstract>

Although many researchers agree that environmental and personal characteristics are important for becoming an entrepreneur, it is still not clear if their influence is equally significant. Numerous authors have pointed out unresolved matters regarding the relationship among innovativeness, gender, and entrepreneurial intensions. The aim of this paper is to explore the impact of gender and country of origin in relation to entrepreneurial intentions and innovative cognitive style. Research was conducted using a sample of students majoring in information and communication technologies from Croatia and Slovenia. The results revealed the influence of gender, country, attitudes toward entrepreneurship, and innovative cognitive style on entrepreneurial intentions.

Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intentions in ICT Industry: Gender and country of origin perspective

Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Faculty of Entrepreneurship, Gea College, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Naše gospodarstvo/Our economy

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Although many researchers agree that environmental and personal characteristics are important for becoming an entrepreneur, it is still not clear if their...

Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intentions in ICT Industry: Gender and country of origin perspective

Published Online: Mar 19, 2016

Page range: 37 - 45

Received: Nov 01, 2015

Accepted: Dec 01, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ngoe-2016-0004

Keywords
entrepreneurship, gender, innovation, cross-country, entrepreneurial intentions, ICT, Croatia, Slovenia

© 2016 Mirjana Pejić Bach et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intentions in ICT Industry: Gender and country of origin perspective

Published Online: Mar 19, 2016

Page range: 37 - 45

Received: Nov 01, 2015

Accepted: Dec 01, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ngoe-2016-0004

Keywordsentrepreneurship, gender, innovation, cross-country, entrepreneurial intentions, ICT, Croatia, Slovenia

© 2016 Mirjana Pejić Bach et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
entrepreneurship, gender, innovation, cross-country, entrepreneurial intentions, ICT, Croatia, Slovenia