Entrepreneurship as a Preferred Career Option: Modeling Business Students' Entrepreneurial Intention in Al-Sharqia North Higher Education Institutions

Authors

  • Salma Said Humaid Al-Naamani
  • Fatima Salim Al-Badri
  • Manar Khalfan Al-Aisri
  • Hamdan Nasser Al-Rawahi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51983/ijiss-2026.16.1.65

Keywords:

Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurs, Business Students

Abstract

Given the scarcity of jobs, entrepreneurship is emerging as a practical means of addressing unemployment. The goal of this study is to determine whether entrepreneurship is a desired career path. Modeling business students' entrepreneurial intentions. Knowing that entrepreneurship contributes to economic progress is crucial, particularly given its ability to provide employment. This study has an identified objective. 1. To identify the key traits that business students must possess in order to become entrepreneurs. To determine the primary obstacles that business students encounter when pursuing an entrepreneurial career. 3. To offer advice for business students who want to launch businesses of their own and to business schools that want to produce more entrepreneurs. Four. To determine Omani business students' entrepreneurial opportunities. Five. To investigate entrepreneurship as a desired career path: Students studying business. ASU and UTAS were the subjects of this study. They have been chosen as an example for this study because they include a large number of students from various age groups in business majors, using a quantitative approach (questionnaire). A total of 110 business pupils from UTAS-Ibra and Arizona State University completed the questionnaire.

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Published

27-02-2026

How to Cite

Al-Naamani, S. S. H., Al-Badri, F. S., Al-Aisri, M. K., & Al-Rawahi, H. N. (2026). Entrepreneurship as a Preferred Career Option: Modeling Business Students’ Entrepreneurial Intention in Al-Sharqia North Higher Education Institutions. Indian Journal of Information Sources and Services, 16(1), 631–638. https://doi.org/10.51983/ijiss-2026.16.1.65