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The on-going increase of global wealth has been linked to entrepreneurial activities since the concept is related to innovation, creativity, and business opportunities regarding new products, services, strategies, and job creation. The need for understanding and identifying the roots of Entrepreneurial Behavior has become vital for its promotion in the business world. The purposes of this study were to determine if cultural values at an individual level, such as Long-term Orientation and Uncertainty Avoidance are related to Entrepreneurial Intentions. As the TPB establishes, intention is the first step towards entrepreneurial behavior, hence the importance to discover what motivates a person to manifest intentions to adopt an entrepreneurial behavior. Also, we examined the role of Locus of Control as a moderating effect in the potential relationship between the mentioned independent variables. The targeted population in this study were 170 Hondurans employees or students within an age of 18-49 years. It adopted a quantitative approach utilizing an online survey for the process of data collection which were analyzed in a descriptive, correlative, and hierarchical regression method though the IBM SPSS program. It was found that Long-Term Orientation is positively related to Entrepreneurial Intention. Likewise, Uncertainty Avoidance has a significant negative relation with Entrepreneurial Intention. On the other hand, Locus of Control did not show a significant moderating effect in the relationship among the independent and dependent variables.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT
ABSTRACT I
TABLE OF CONTENTS II
LIST OF TABLES IV
LIST OF FIGURES V

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1
Background of the Study 1
Problem Statement 4
Purpose of the Study 5
Research Questions 5
Study Significance 6
Definition of Terms 7
Delimitations 9

CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW 11
Long-Term Orientation (LTO) 11
Entrepreneurial Intention (EI) 13
Long-Term Orientation and Entrepreneurial Intentions 14
Uncertainty Avoidance (UA) 14
Uncertainty Avoidance and Entrepreneurial Intentions 16
Locus of Control and Its Moderating Effect 17

CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY 21
Research Framework 21
Research Procedure 22
Research Hypotheses 24
Research Sample 24
Data Collection 25
Measurement 25
Validity and Reliability 31
Data Analysis 34

CHAPTER IV RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 35
Reliability 35
Descriptive Analysis 36
Correlation Analysis 38
Regression Analysis 39
Summary and Discussion 42

CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 45
Conclusions 45
Practical Implications of the Study 47
Research Limitations 48
Suggestions for Future Study 48

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APPENDIX: QUESTIONNAIRE 56

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