Exploring entrepreneurial intentions: integrating Kolb’s experiential learning theory with Ajzen’s theory of planned behaviour

Figures & data

Figure 1. PartLabel-upper conceptual framework for the study.

Table 1. Demography.

Participants	Frequency	Percentage
Gender
Male	725	58
Female	525	42
Age (Year)
18–20	425	34
21–23	750	60
>23	75	6
Nature of institution
Public	27	30
Private	54	60
Courses enrolled
Bachelors’	850	68
Masters’	400	32
Stream
BBA	525	42
MBA	375	30
Commerce	350	28

Table 2. Results of reliability and validity test using CFA.

Construct	Item	Outer loadings	Variance inflation factor (VIF)	Cronbach’s alpha (CA)	composite reliability (CR)	Average variance extracted (AVE)
Abstract Conceptualisation (AC)	AC 1	0.876	2.073	0.91	0.902	0.578
	AC 2	0.804	2.774
	AC 3	0.86	2.632
	AC 4	0.937	2.05
	AC 5	0.822	2.133
	AC 6	0.76	3.116
	AC 7	0.876	2.446
Active Experimentation (AE)	AE 1	0.747	2.39	0.924	0.923	0.667
	AE 2	0.798	2.886
	AE 3	0.78	3.082
	AE 4	0.821	2.858
	AE 5	0.908	2.264
	AE 6	0.838	2.491
Concrete Experience (CE)	CE 1	0.878	2.388	0.922	0.921	0.662
	CE 2	0.848	3.258
	CE 3	0.75	2.377
	CE 4	0.761	2.292
	CE 5	0.803	3.756
	CE 6	0.834	2.995
Reflective Observation (RO)	RO 1	0.756	2.222	0.894	0.894	0.547
	RO 2	0.827	2.207
	RO 3	0.772	2.296
	RO 4	0.754	1.736
	RO 5	0.784	2.187
	RO 6	0.753	2.38
	RO 7	0.719	2.21
Entrepreneurial Attitude (EA)	EA1	0.855	2.822	0.914	0.914	0.78
	EA2	0.879	3.361
	EA3	0.915	3.461
Subjective Norms (SN)	SN1	0.722	2.446	0.905	0.904	0.655
	SN2	0.812	2.586
	SN3	0.888	2.238
	SN4	0.8	2.261
	SN5	0.814	2.588
Perceived Behavioural Control (PBC)	PBC1	0.669	2.036	0.906	0.906	0.618
	PBC2	0.77	2.566
	PBC3	0.765	2.192
	PBC4	0.772	2.008
	PBC5	0.896	3.018
	PBC6	0.825	2.565
Entrepreneurial Intention (EI)	EI1	0.702	2.863	0.92	0.919	0.559
	EI2	0.726	2.378
	EI3	0.766	2.433
	EI4	0.756	2.837
	EI5	0.766	1.887
	EI6	0.746	2.845
	EI7	0.752	2.458
	EI8	0.798	2.651
	EI9	0.715	2.699

Table 3. Results of Fornel Larcker criteria.

	AC	AE	CE	EA	EI	PBC	RO	SN
AC	0.76
AE	0.517	0.817
CE	0.324	0.498	0.814
EA	0.551	0.619	0.564	0.883
EI	0.551	0.63	0.583	0.695	0.748
PBC	0.384	0.51	0.741	0.542	0.753	0.786
RO	0.422	0.474	0.515	0.603	0.557	0.447	0.74
SN	0.654	0.541	0.496	0.604	0.645	0.539	0.547	0.809

Figure 2. PartLabel-upper partial least square results.

Table 4. Hypothesis testing results.

Hypothesis	Path	β-value	p values	T statistics	Decision
H1	EL → PBC	0.799	0.000	10.715	Supported
H2	EL → EI	0.266	0.007	2.717	Supported
H3	PBC → EI	0.338	0.000	4.132	Supported
H4	EL → PBC → EI	0.30	0.000	3887	Supported
H5	EA → EI	0.187	0.001	3.386	Supported
H6	SN → EI	0.128	0.015	2.432	Supported

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from upon request.