Impact of Entrepreneurial Education, Mindset, and Creativity on Entrepreneurial Intention: Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy

Wang Jiatong; Majid Murad; Fu Bajun; Muhammad Shahid Tufail; Farhan Mirza; Muhammad Rafiq

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.724440

Impact of Entrepreneurial Education, Mindset, and Creativity on Entrepreneurial Intention: Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy

Front Psychol. 2021 Aug 23:12:724440. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.724440. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Wang Jiatong¹, Majid Murad², Fu Bajun³, Muhammad Shahid Tufail⁴, Farhan Mirza⁵, Muhammad Rafiq⁴

Affiliations

¹ College of International Business, Zhejiang Yuexiu University of Foreign Languages, Shaoxing, China.
² School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
³ School of Education, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, China.
⁴ Department of Economics and Business Administration, University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan.
⁵ University of Management and Technology, Sialkot, Pakistan.

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the direct influence of entrepreneurial education, entrepreneurial mindset, and creativity on the entrepreneurial intention with the indirect role of entrepreneurial self-efficacy. This study applied the structural equation model technique using AMOS software to verify the hypothesis relationships. This study collected self-administered survey data from 365 university students of Jiangsu and Zhejiang province of China. The findings indicated that entrepreneurial education, entrepreneurial mindset, and creativity have a positive and significant influence on entrepreneurial intention. Moreover, results revealed that entrepreneurial self-efficacy partially mediates in the relationship between entrepreneurial education, entrepreneurial mindset, and creativity on entrepreneurial intention. Further implications and limitations are also discussed in this article.

Keywords: China; creativity; entrepreneurial education; entrepreneurial intention; entrepreneurial mindset; entrepreneurial self-efficacy.