Queiroz, Jamerson ViegasDutra, Lelayne de Araújo2019-07-052019-07-052019-02-27DUTRA, Lelayne de Araújo. A relação das variáveis que influenciam na formação da intenção empreendedora dos discentes das IES brasileiras. 2019. 126f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Engenharia de Produção) - Centro de Tecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2019.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/27231Higher education is universally recognized as a key pillar in the construction of new knowledge economies. However, the Brazilian universities, in general, does not explore its potential to inspire and stimulate ambition and innovation in university entrepreneurs. In light of this perspective, 56% of entrepreneurship students believe that entrepreneurship initiatives are essential to prepare them, but only 38.78% of the universities offer these opportunities on average, and of these, the highest percentage, 33.1% %, corresponds to the presence of some type of student organization focused on small businesses, in which the Junior Enterprise (JE) fits. In order to contribute to the development and expansion of this activity, the present research aims at analyzing how the entrepreneurial intention of the Brazilian university students linked to the Junior Enterprise behaves through the Modeling of Structural Equations (SEM). Regarding the methodology used, the research is characterized as applied with a quantitative approach and the method is based on the SEM. The data collection will be nationwide and will be conducted online through a survey. Data collection was nationwide and was conducted online through a survey, reaching a sample of 445 students. For statistical analysis, Smart PLS software version 3.2.8 was used with SEM techniques in order to test the hypotheses of the model with the variables that affect the entrepreneurial intention. The results showed that the constructs had positive and significant relationships explaining 12.4% of Personal Attitude (PA), 13.9% of the Control of Planned Behavior and 64.9% of Entrepreneurial Intent (EI), with the exception of Subjective Norms that did not demonstrate a relation with EI, which led to the rejection of the H3 hypothesis. The relationship between PA and EI had a greater effect among the others observed, confirming the findings of other studies in the literature. It is concluded that the Theory of Planned Behavior model is adequate to evaluate the entrepreneurial intention of the students of JE, and that there are gaps in the performance of the government and the universities in the promotion of entrepreneurial education. The findings of this research have implications for scholars of entrepreneurship education, program evaluators, universities, and policy makers.Acesso AbertoIntenção empreendedoraEmpreendedorismo acadêmicoEmpresa JúniorTeoria do comportamento planejadoEducação empreendedoramasterThesisCNPQ::ENGENHARIAS::ENGENHARIA DE PRODUCAO