Determinants of Entrepreneurial Risk among Young Emiratis Smail, Linda Alawad, Mouawiya Moreira Ferreira, Aleciane da Silva López Puga, Jorge Ruiz Ruano García, Ana María entrepreneurship fear of failure risk aversion This work aimed to investigate the determinants of entrepreneurial risk among Emirati youth enrolled in a university in the United Arab Emirates. This was a quantitative study, which used a survey of 324 university students with an average age of 20.7 years and a standard deviation of 3.1 years. The collected data were analyzed using two methods—Ordinal Probit Regression Estimation and Structural Equation Modeling—to identify the factors that may determine entrepreneurial risk and assess the research hypotheses among this group of Emirati youth. The results showed that Emirati youth are risk-averse when (a) they do not receive government support, (b) they have a perception of low self-efficacy, (c) they are afraid of failure, and d) they perceive considerable obstacles and barriers. In addition, it is concluded that it is necessary to stimulate creativity and an innovative mindset among students. 2024-09-12T11:03:44Z 2024-09-12T11:03:44Z 2022-11-11 journal article Smail, L. Sustainability 2022, 14, 14963. [https://doi.org/10.3390/su142214963] https://hdl.handle.net/10481/94397 10.3390/su142214963 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ open access Atribución 4.0 Internacional MDPI