Antecedents of Entrepreneurial Intention and the Moderating Effect of Entrepreneurial Family Background: A Comparative Study between South Korea and Uzbekistan

This research seeks to explore the effects of entrepreneurship education and availability of financial resources on entrepreneurial intention, with a particular emphasis on the moderating effect of entrepreneurial family background, in South Korea and Uzbekistan. Building on the literature review concerning key constructs, hypotheses are developed and tested using data collected from university students in both countries. Results indicate that for the Korean sample, availability of financial resources is found to be positively related to entrepreneurial intention, and entrepreneurial family background significantly moderates this relationship. For the Uzbek sample, results find that entrepreneurship education is positively associated with entrepreneurial intention, while no moderating effect was found. Through a comparative study between university students of Uzbekistan and South Korea, the present research makes a contribution to the theoretical extension of constructs which facilitate entrepreneurial intention in the field of entrepreneurship.