Demographic and Socio-Economic Determinants of Entrepreneurship Orientation among University Students in Haryana

The primary aim of the study is to investigate the effect of demographic and socio-economic factors on the entrepreneurial orientation of university students. The study hypothesised that the education discipline, students’ locality, gender, Entrepreneurship Education (EE) programmes, and family business background of university students would be important predictors of Entrepreneurship Orientation (EO) among university students. The findings indicate that EO is not impacted by the gender of university students. Conversely, the family business background of the students impacts only some of the dimensions of EO including self-efficacy, autonomy, and innovativeness. Moreover, educational discipline, locality, and EE programmes have a significant impact on the risk-taking, pro-activeness, self-efficacy, innovativeness, and autonomy of university students. The findings indicated that various programmes i.e. seminars, workshops, and EE programmes should be set up at the rural, higher education, and university levels to educate and develop entrepreneurial skills among university students. Additionally, the co-curriculum of basic education should be designed in such a manner as to help students in developing their entrepreneurial skills from the very beginning.