Effect of entrepreneurial education and creativity on entrepreneurial intention in college students: mediating entrepreneurial inspiration, mindset, and self-efficiency

Yue Li; Keyan Cao; Hashem Salarzadeh Jenatabadi

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1240910

Effect of entrepreneurial education and creativity on entrepreneurial intention in college students: mediating entrepreneurial inspiration, mindset, and self-efficiency

Front Psychol. 2023 Sep 15:14:1240910. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1240910. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Yue Li¹, Keyan Cao², Hashem Salarzadeh Jenatabadi³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Environmental Design, Faculty of Art and Design, Shandong Women's University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
² Institute of Economic and Social Development, Shenzhen Polytechnic University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
³ Department of Science and Technology Studies, Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Abstract

Entrepreneurship in higher education is increasingly valuing entrepreneurial creativity as a significant driver for improving university students' innovative abilities. The purpose of this study was to examine the direct influence of entrepreneurial education and creativity on entrepreneurial intention, as well as the indirect role of entrepreneurial inspiration, mindset, and self-efficiency. This study gathered survey responses from 448 university business students from three Chinese provinces of Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The results indicated that entrepreneurial education and creativity have a positive and significant effect on entrepreneurial intent. In addition, the results demonstrated that the combination of entrepreneurial mindset, inspiration, and self-efficacy partially mediates the relationship between entrepreneurial education and entrepreneurial creativity. In addition, additional implications and restrictions are discussed in this article.

Keywords: entrepreneurial creativity; entrepreneurial inspiration; entrepreneurial intention; entrepreneurial mindset; entrepreneurial self-efficiency; structural equation modeling.