Ali Akbar Zargarani
Hossein Boazar - PHD Student in Entrepreneur Management, Aliabad Katoul Azad University, Iran

While the number of developing entrepreneurialspirit is growing, their impact is under-researched and studies paint an ambiguous picture of the impact of entrepreneurship education. This dissertation study therefore aims to contribute to the understanding of the impact of Developing an Entrepreneurial Spirit on Intention to Start-up business. This study consists of a quantitative and a qualitative section. For the quantitative section, a quasi-experimental, ex-ante/ex-post, control group, longitudinal (up to 6 months), repeated measures research design was implemented, with a total of 272 matched pairs (Tstart/Tfinal). The results attest to an insignificant impact of EntrepreneurialSpirit on Intention to Start-up business. This insignificant impact was not moderated by the length of an Entrepreneurial Spirit. However, those who were self-employed at the end of the entrepreneurship programme had significantly higher Intention to Start-up business at the beginning of the programme compared to those who had not become self- employed

Spirit, Entrepreneurial Spirit, Intention to Start-up business