This study examines the impact of entrepreneurial orientation dimensions on students’ intentions to start new businesses in Saudi universities. Using a 21-item questionnaire with a 5-point Likert scale, the authors collected data on students’ demographics, entrepreneurial orientation, and entrepreneurial behavioral intention. The sample consisted of 341 business students from two public universities in Saudi Arabia. Specifically, business students were chosen for this study because they were potential entrepreneurs. Through structural equation modeling, AMOS software was used to analyze the study model. Results showed a strong relationship between entrepreneurial intention and greater autonomy, innovativeness, risk-taking, and proactiveness. In contrast, competitive and aggressive behavior, is not strongly related to entrepreneurial intention. These findings are important because they shed new light on the factors that shape future entrepreneurs, thereby making a significant theoretical contribution to the literature on entrepreneurial orientation, particularly in the context of university business students. As countries embrace the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship in enhancing their global competitiveness, this study also makes a practical contribution to policymakers’ efforts to identify potential entrepreneurs and transform them into successful ones.

本研究考察了创业导向维度对学生在沙特大学开展新业务的意愿的影响。作者使用带有 5 点李克特量表的 21 项问卷，收集了有关学生人口统计、创业方向和创业行为意向的数据。样本包括来自沙特阿拉伯两所公立大学的 341 名商科学生。具体来说，选择商科学生进行这项研究是因为他们是潜在的企业家。通过结构方程建模，使用AMOS软件对研究模型进行分析。结果表明，创业意向与更大的自主性、创新性、冒险精神和积极性之间存在密切关系。相比之下，竞争性和攻击性行为，与创业意向没有很强的相关性。这些发现很重要，因为它们为塑造未来企业家的因素提供了新的视角，从而为有关企业家导向的文献做出了重要的理论贡献，特别是在大学商科学生的背景下。随着各国认识到创新和企业家精神在提高其全球竞争力方面的重要性，本研究还为政策制定者确定潜在企业家并将其转变为成功企业家的努力做出了实际贡献。