Author(s): Anthony Weber, Malia Ho, Julie Nguyen
Introducing entrepreneurship education (EE) for allied health students is under-researched, with an uncertain image of where EE could sit within allied health courses. Understanding the factors of the entrepreneurial intention of allied health students could become an important factor for the allied health and entrepreneurship disciplines. Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), the survey data showed that the constructs of attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control could predict 48.9% of the behavioural intent of allied health students undertaking EE. The results of our study also showed that attitude was the most obvious construct in predicting students’ intent to study entrepreneurship and potentially becoming a business owner. These results have outcomes for both allied health and entrepreneurship curriculum developers. By investigating the factors that contribute to allied health students’ entrepreneurial intention, the research suggests some implications for future research into student entrepreneurship, in order to develop specific curriculum supporting allied health students’ entrepreneurial experience. The findings from this study contributes to the Theory of Planned Behaviour, the field of entrepreneurship education, and entrepreneurship intention of allied health baccalaureate students.