Survey data of entrepreneurial intention and perceived social support from academics-scientists at chilean universities

Abstract

Abstract: The data comes from a survey applied to 1027 scientists working in Chile. The survey was originally distributed to 5571 scientists. The research was carried out with the pur- pose of explaining the Entrepreneurial intention of the sci- entists. The survey consisted of 35 items in total, structured in five sections: (a) academic background and previous en- trepreneurship (14 items), (b) Entrepreneurial intention (6 items), (c) Attitude towards entrepreneurship (5 items), (d) subjective social perception of support towards Entrepreneur- ship (3 items) and Control of Perceived Behavior towards En- trepreneurship (6 items). The data are linked to the theoret- ical model proposed in Acuña_Duran, Oyanedel y Pradenas- Wilson (2021).