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## Purpose Despite entrepreneurial intentions being a central and enduring construct in entrepreneurship research, most research on intentions focused on factors that underpin an individual's entrepreneurial intentions. This study extends the emerging literature on fear of failure and resilience to understand how they influence entrepreneurial intentions. The authors do this in a context where job prospects are low, and unemployment is high to understand what potentially prevents educated youth in a developing country from pursuing self-employment. ## Design/methodology/approach This study applies the structural equation modelling (SEM) using AMOS 25 to test the hypotheses on a sample of 238 third- and fourth-year Bangladeshi students facing an important career decision. A replication study is also conducted with an additional sample (n = 209) to verify the robustness of the findings, using a different measurement of resilience and a different analysis method – partial least square (PLS)-SEM in Smart-PLS 3. ## Findings The study finds support for the mediation model where fear of failure mediates the relationship between resilience and entrepreneurial intentions. The findings sugge
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- Author
- Minhajul Islam Ukil; Anna Jenkins
- Publisher
- Emerald
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Business, Management and Accounting (Social Sciences)