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  • Social Network Ties, Entrepreneurial Orientation, and Entrepreneurial Intention among University Students in Ghana

    ​►Joseph Owusu
     evananusrat@yahoo.com (Corresponding Author)
     https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3171-4359

    ► Naeem Hayat
     josephowusu87@yahoo.com 
     https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0756-5226

    ►Wilberforce Owusu-Ansah
     woansah@gmail.com 
     https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8359-0912     
      
    ►Peter Kwasi Oppong
     peteroppong72@gmail.com 
     https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2670-4295 
                                                            
    Received: 14 June, 2022
    Final Revision: 10 August, 2022
    Accepted: 17 August, 2022
    Published: 00 September 2022
         doi.org/10.52283/NSWRCA.AJBMR.20220701A05
     
    Abstract

    To expand the existing literature on entrepreneurial orientation and entrepreneurial intention, the current study determines the mediating role of social network ties in the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and entrepreneurial intention among university students in Ghana. Data was conveniently gathered from 728 full time university students in Ghana. Structural equational modeling findings demonstrated that entrepreneurial orientation positively influenced social network ties and also positively affected entrepreneurial intention. Moreover, social network ties mediated entrepreneurial orientation and entrepreneurial intention nexus. University students should try to establish formal and informal social network relations to identify business opportunities, acquire resources in order to enhance their proclivity to start a new business.
    Keywords: Entrepreneurial orientation, entrepreneurial intention, social network ties, TPB, Ghana.
     

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