Students' Entrepreneurial Intentions: The Role of Prior Learning Experiences and Emotional, Social, and Cognitive CompetenciesFootnote^*

* This research was conducted at the Ca' Foscari Competency Centre of the Ca' Foscari University of Venice. We thank HayGroup for allowing the use of the Emotional and Social Competency Inventory‐University Edition (ESCI‐U) in our research. We would like also to thank the Career Service of the Ca' Foscari University of Venice for the support provided during the field research. We gratefully acknowledge helpful comments and suggestions by the associate editor and the anonymous referees.

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