Purpose Nowadays in the competitive economy, the field of entrepreneurship and particularly female entrepreneurship is rapidly advancing, and its contribution to the economy is imperative. Consequently, the female business students’ factors and university support factors are imperative to nurture the entrepreneurial intentions, but the literature does not address them at large. Therefore, this study aims to examine the impact of proactive personality, entrepreneurial self-efficacy and perceived university support factors on female student’s entrepreneurial intentions. Design/methodology/approach The data from a total of 306 female students from the business schools of universities of Pakistan is collected through the personal physical-survey questionnaires. The data were then analyzed through Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) technique for results. Findings The results indicate that the proactive personality, entrepreneurial self-efficacy and university support factors are the significant predictors of entrepreneurial intentions of female students. Moreover, the results also support that entrepreneurial self-efficacy partially mediates the relationship between proactive personality and entrepreneurial intentions of female students. Originality/value To the best of authors’ knowledge, the study originality lies in the testing of university support factors and individual personality factors (entrepreneurial self-efficacy and proactive personality) as the predictors of entrepreneurial intentions. Moreover, the present study provides the useful insight for the policymakers in formulating, delivering and evaluating educational policies into the universities for female students.

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通过积极的人格，自我效能感和大学支持因素来培养被忽视的巴基斯坦女商科学生的创业意图

目的当今，在竞争经济中，企业家精神，尤其是女性企业家精神的领域正在迅速发展，其对经济的贡献势在必行。因此，女商科学生的因素和大学支持因素对于培养企业家的意愿是必不可少的，但是文献并没有广泛地解决这些问题。因此，本研究旨在检验积极性格，创业自我效能感和大学支持感对女学生创业意向的影响。设计/方法/方法通过个人身体调查问卷收集了来自巴基斯坦大学商学院的306名女学生的数据。然后通过偏最小二乘结构方程模型（PLS-SEM）技术分析数据以得出结果。研究结果表明，积极主动的人格，创业自我效能感和大学支持因素是女学生创业意图的重要预测因子。此外，研究结果还支持企业家的自我效能感部分地调节了女学生的积极性与创业意向之间的关系。独创性/价值据作者所知，研究的独创性在于测试大学支持因素和个人人格因素（企业家的自我效能感和积极进取的人格）作为企业家意图的预测因素。此外，