{"id":466,"date":"2026-07-14T06:21:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T06:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.journals.utgjiu.ro\/JES\/?post_type=articol&#038;p=466"},"modified":"2026-07-14T06:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T06:21:18","slug":"entrepreneurial-intentions-among-generation-z-and-millennials-current-state-of-knowledge-and-future-research-directions","status":"publish","type":"articol","link":"https:\/\/www.journals.utgjiu.ro\/JES\/articol\/entrepreneurial-intentions-among-generation-z-and-millennials-current-state-of-knowledge-and-future-research-directions\/","title":{"rendered":"ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS AMONG GENERATION Z AND MILLENNIALS: CURRENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE AND FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The purpose of this study is to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge regarding<br \/>\nentrepreneurial intentions among Millennials and Generation Z and to identify the main determinants and emerging<br \/>\nresearch themes influencing entrepreneurial aspirations. The study investigates four main areas: the theoretical<br \/>\nfoundations of entrepreneurial intentions, the entrepreneurial characteristics of Millennials and Generation Z, the role<br \/>\nof key determinants such as entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, family support, cultural influences,<br \/>\nand digitalisation, and the emergence of new research themes including digital entrepreneurship and artificial<br \/>\nintelligence. Methodologically, the research adopts a conceptual approach based on a review and synthesis of the existing<br \/>\nliterature. In addition, a bibliometric analysis of 37 studies indexed in the Scopus database was conducted using<br \/>\nVOSviewer to identify dominant research themes and emerging trends within the field. The findings indicate that<br \/>\nentrepreneurial intentions are shaped by a complex interaction of educational, psychological, social, cultural, and<br \/>\ntechnological factors. Entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, family support, cultural context, and<br \/>\ndigitalisation emerged as the most influential determinants. The bibliometric analysis further revealed the growing<br \/>\nimportance of digital entrepreneurship and artificial intelligence as emerging areas of research. The study contributes<br \/>\nto the entrepreneurship literature by integrating fragmented findings into a coherent perspective on entrepreneurial<br \/>\nintentions among younger generations. Its originality lies in the development of the Entrepreneurial Intention Ecosystem<br \/>\nFramework, which combines human capital, psychological capital, social capital, and contextual moderators into a<br \/>\nholistic conceptual model that explains the formation of entrepreneurial intentions among Millennials and Generation Z.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"class_list":["post-466","articol","type-articol","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journals.utgjiu.ro\/JES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articol\/466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journals.utgjiu.ro\/JES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articol"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journals.utgjiu.ro\/JES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articol"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journals.utgjiu.ro\/JES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}