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Technoprenuership is a combination of technology and entrepreneurship. High-technology context has been apply in this type of entrepreneur. The purpose of this study is to identify technopreneurial intention among Bumiputera university students in Malaysia. This study specifically examined the direct influence of contextual elements on technopreneurial intention through individual entrepreneurial orientation (IEO). Quantitative research method has been applied and 150 respondents has been take part in this study. Simple random sampling method has been employed to obtain data from the respondents and the data were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 25. The results indicated that contextual element positively and significantly related to technopreneurial intention. Moreover, the results also showed a significant partially mediating role of individual entrepreneurial orientation and technopreneurial intention. Thus, this study contributed a few vital factors in technology based entrepreneurship intention or known as technopreneurial intention as well promoting young entrepreneurship towards university students in Malaysia.
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To Cite this Article: Rahim, M. R. A., Koe, W.-L., & Mahpoth, M. H. (2020). The Influence of Contextual Elements on Technopreneurial Intention. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 10(6), 862–871.
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