Title: Intrapreneurial intentions of undergraduate university students: a comparative study between Spanish and Nicaraguan students

Authors: Pedro Baena-Luna; Isadora Sánchez-Torné; Kevin Rodríguez-Loáisiga; Esther García-Río

Addresses: Department of Business Administration and Marketing, Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences, University of Seville, Av. Ramón y Cajal, 1, C.P. 41.018, Seville, Spain ' Department of Applied Economics III, Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences, University of Seville, Spain ' Research Centre UNICA, Catholic University Redemptoris Mater, Nicaragua ' Department of Economic Analysis and Political Economy, Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences, University of Seville, Spain

Abstract: Higher education is currently facing several challenges as a result of an uncertain environment. This has led to a demand from organisations for employees with an entrepreneurial, innovative, and risk-taking profile in a global environment. These traits are characteristic of the so-called intrapreneurs. This paper compares the intrapreneurial intentions of university students in Spain and Nicaragua by analysing the effect of the variables age, gender, previous professional experience and entrepreneurial or intrapreneurial training. Based on a total sample of 474 students, among the main results, we highlight the fact that Nicaraguan students have a higher assessment of innovation and risk-taking than Spanish students. In addition, age and professional experience are common variables that improve innovation and risk-taking for both groups. Although there is no gender gap among Nicaraguan students, in Spanish students women are rated lower than men.

Keywords: intrapreneurship; intrapreneurial intentions; entrepreneurial education; university students; prior professional experience; risk-taking; innovation; Spain; Nicaragua.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEED.2024.136195

International Journal of Education Economics and Development, 2024 Vol.15 No.1/2, pp.82 - 97

Received: 22 Feb 2022
Accepted: 03 May 2022
Published online: 22 Jan 2024 *

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