Saudi Arabian 2030 Vision and Entrepreneurial Intention Among University Students
| Autor | Adbullah Alshrari - Waddah kamal hassan Omer - Khaled Salmen Aljaaidi |
| Cargo | College of Business Administraion. Northern Border University - College of Business Administration. Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia - Accounting Department, Faculty of Administrative Sciences, University of Aden, Yemen, and Department of Accounting, College of Business Administration. Northern Border University, Saudi Arabia |
| Páginas | 43-62 |
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ABSTRACT
The purposes of this study are to report the degree of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabian 2030 Vision’s (KSA
2030 Vision) awareness among students, and to examine the association of entrepreneurial intention
with the awareness of the KSA 2030 Vision in College of Business Administration at the Northern
Border University. Using data from a self-administered survey, with a final sample of 266 students, the
descriptive and Simple Regression results show that there is a low degree of awareness towards the
KSA 2030 Vision among the students, and the entrepreneurial intention is negatively associated with the
KSA 2030 Vision awareness. The results of this study give an alarming view as to the current low level
awareness of the College of Business students towards the KSA 2030 Vision, and how this low degree
of awareness can influence negatively the achievement of the country’s long-term vision. The results
of this study should be useful to policy makers in Saudi Arabia at the country, ministry of education the
university and elsewhere, as the KSA is aiming to achieve the ambitious KSA 2030 Vision.
KEYWORDS
Entrepreneurial intention, KSA 2030 Vision, Northern Border University
RESUMEN
Los propósitos de este estudio son informar el grado de conocimiento de la Visión 2030 del Reino
de Arabia Saudita (Visión KSA 2030) entre los estudiantes, y examinar la asociación de la intención
empresarial con el conocimiento de la Visión KSA 2030 en la Facultad de Administración de Empresas
en el Universidad de la Frontera Norte. Utilizando datos de una encuesta autoadministrada con una
muestra final de 266 estudiantes, los resultados descriptivos y de Regresión simple muestran que existe
un bajo grado de conciencia hacia la Visión KSA 2030 entre los estudiantes, y la intención emprendedora
se asocia negativamente con la KSA. 2030 Conciencia visual. Los resultados de este estudio dan una
alarma al bajo nivel actual de conciencia de los estudiantes de la Facultad de Negocios hacia la Visión
KSA 2030, y cómo este bajo grado de conciencia puede influir negativamente en el logro de la visión a
largo plazo del país. Los resultados de este estudio deberían ser útiles para los responsables políticos de
Arabia Saudita en el país, el ministerio de educación y la universidad y en otros lugares, ya que la KSA
tiene como objetivo lograr la ambiciosa Visión 2030 de la KSA.
PALABRAS CLAVE
Intención emprendedora, visión KSA 2030, Universidad Northern Border
Saudi Arabian 2030 Vision and Entrepreneurial
Intention Among University Students
Visión e intención emprendedora de Arabia Saudita 2030 entre estudiantes universitarios
ADBULLAH ALSHRARI
KHALED SALMEN ALJAAIDI
WADDAH KAMAL
HASSAN OMER
JEL: L, O AND O
Received:11/06/2020
Modified: 07/06/2021
Accepted: 17/06/2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17230/
Ad-minister.38.2
1 College of Business Administraion. Northern Border University. Email: adalsharari@psau.edu.sa
ORCID = 0000-0001-9297-1872
2 College of Business Administration. Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. Email:
k.aljaaidi@psau.edu.sa. ORCID = 0000-0002-0661-6813 Corresponding author
3 Accounting Department, Faculty of Administrative Sciences, University of Aden, Yemen, and
Department of Accounting, College of Business Administration. Northern Border University, Saudi
Arabia. Email:Waddahkam@Yahoo.com ORCID = 0000-0001-9777-7497
AD-minister Nº. 38 enero - junio 2021 pp. 43 -62 · ISSN 1692-0279 · eISSN 2256-4322
Adbullah Alshrari · Khaled Salmen Aljaaidi · Waddah Kamal Hassan Omer
Saudi Arabian 2030 Vision and Entrepreneurial Intention Among University Students
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INTRODUCTION
There is great evidence from research to support the positive impacts of
entrepreneurship on economic growth (Medina et al., 2019; Navarro et al., 2019;
Khajeheian, 2017; Dastourian et al., 2017). The value of entrepreneurship as a powerful
force that shapes economies lies in its ability to overcome unemployment which is
a major problem facing countries in both the developed and emerging economies
(Ndofirepi, 2016; Ahmad & Xavier, 2012). According to the evidence provided by
Sternberg and Wennekers, (2005) higher entrepreneurial activities and innovation
are both crucial to economic growth. Quillas et al. (2020) documented a positive
relationship between the quality of formal institutions and the level of human
development in the country.
In Saudi Arabia, entrepreneurship is developing to become an important
determinant of economic growth as outlined in the country’s vision 2030. The
KSA 2030 vision plans to minimize the country’s overdependence on oil, diversify
the economy and improve the public sector especially the health, education,
infrastructure, recreation and tourism sectors. The goals of the 2030 vision plan
are to reinforce economic and investment activities in the country, improve the
oil industry trade with other countries and increase the government spending on
military, manufacturing and ammunition. The focus of the 2030 vision plan is also
to increase the entrepreneurial activities in the country which would contribute
significantly to economic growth.
Given the importance of entrepreneurship in building national economies,
Gelard and Saleh (2011) recommend that governments and schools should prioritize
the entrepreneurial intentions of their students. Even though there is a large amount
of research on entrepreneurship education, evidence to support its eects is scarce
and the eects are poorly understood. Most of the available research has not been
conducted in Saudi Arabia. Therefore, as a field of study, it is clear that more research
is needed and should be conducted on the eects of entrepreneurship education.
Supporting students’ entrepreneurial intentions would help achieve KSA vision 2030
plan. The KSA vision 2030 plan awareness among business administration students
at Northern Border University are not well known. As such, this study seeks to report
the degree to which BA students at the Northern Border university are aware of the
KSA 2030 plan and also to examine the entrepreneurial intention of these students
in relation to the plan.
The significance of this study is that it will allow policy makers in the ministry
of education and other parties at the Northern Border University to understand and
translate the outcomes from the study into real life situations. Activities within the
institutions would be transformed positively in support of entrepreneurial intentions
thus helping the country achieve 2030 vision. Not only would the information in
the study help in solving real work problems or challenges but would also promote
availability of opportunities in the KSA environment. These opportunities may include;
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