Entrepreneurial intention: a view from Islamic perspective

Intention is an internal desire of an individual to predict behaviour. As a way of life religion, Islam also places a priority on intention in every Muslim’s action. In the field of entrepreneurship, most previous researches prove that entrepreneurial intention is the key role to predict entrepreneurial behaviour. This topic of entrepreneurial intention has been attracting considerable attention and a lot of researches study about it. However, the discussion on entrepreneurial intention from Islamic perspective is still limited and has no robust attention from researchers. Thus, the main purpose of this conceptual paper is to explore entrepreneurial intention from Islamic perspective. The discussion begins with elaboration of the importance of religion in entrepreneurship. Followed by further deliberation on the concept of intention in Islam and review on the antecedents of entrepreneurial intention in Islamic practices. From the review of literatures, a conceptual framework was developed to suggest the relationship between entrepreneurial knowledge, entrepreneurial motivation and entrepreneurial intention by choosing religious belief as a moderator.