THE ROLE OF PERCEIVED ENTREPRENEURIAL THINKING TOWARDS ACADEMIC ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS: MODERATING ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

Academic entrepreneurship, loosely defined as programs aimed at developing commercial companies from university research, has been recognized as a crucial engine of innovation and economic growth in recent decades. The underlying objective of current study to evaluate the role of perceived entrepreneurial thinking to predict the academic entrepreneurial with the moderating role of entrepreneurial environment. This study considered the faculty members of public and private sector as respondents and using the PLS-SEM the current study tests the proposed hypotheses. The present study considered the sample of 392 faculty members using the simple random sampling technique. The results affirm that perceived entrepreneurial thinking significantly and positively linked with the academic entrepreneurial intentions. Furthermore, empirical findings affirm that entrepreneurial environment in the academic institutions significantly and positively moderate the relationship between perceived entrepreneurial thinking and academic entrepreneurial intentions. The present study outlines the policy implications for the leadership of academic institutions, regulatory authorities, policymakers, and future research directions for the researchers.