Learning Intention in Brazilian University Students: Self-Legitimation of Independence and the Search for Entrepreneurial Culture

This research article aims to assess the importance attributed, especially in recent times, to the promotion of an “entrepreneurial culture” among University students in Brazil. This is seen as a crucial reference point to ensure the new generations will deal with higher awareness of future educational and professional development. In partnership with the CIG - Center for Youth Entrepreneurship of the University of Verona, Italy, the authors have conducted in 2015 an empirical survey merged into a PhD thesis’ sample of 553 Brazilian university students. The outcomes have provided important findings for identifying how the educational institutions in Brazil may respond to the demands for a stronger entrepreneurial culture able to consolidate sustainable firms in the country. The paper is divided in four sections, and its major outcome is in line with the thought that entrepreneurial culture and learning intention in the Brazilian university students should be a kind of FIFO (First-In, First Out) components of people’s entrepreneurial leanness and performance ability.