The impact of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurial Intention of University Students

Abstract

There is widespread consensus on the necessity of encouraging entrepreneurship to boost economic development. Recent research has focused on the impact of entrepreneurship education in explaining entrepreneurship intentions in particular. Thus, the purpose of this study is to contribute to a better understanding of the impact of entrepreneurship education and training on university students' entrepreneurial intention. Drawing on the theory of planned behaviour, we examine how the relationship between entrepreneurship education and subjective norms, perceived attitude, perceived self-efficacy, and, specifically in this study, perceived opportunity shapes students' entrepreneurial intention of students. To this end, A sample of 340 final-year undergraduates was studied using structural equation modeling. The results evaluated by the partial-least-structure (PLS) program reveal that entrepreneurship education has a direct impact on entrepreneurial intention of students , with a significant indirect effect mediated by subjective norms and perceived self-efficacy.