Can Entrepreneurial Motivation Mediate Between Entrepreneurial Education, Training, and Its Intention? An Empirical Study of Thailand

Abstract

Entrepreneurs take a huge involvement in national economic development. Emerging person’s importance into new business formation signifies a significant advantage, particularly for less emerged nations where entrepreneurial actions are essential in developing an economic expansion. The current economic crisis turned the concentration of policymakers of Thailand to entrepreneurial education as a motivating strength for the generation of new employment examines local or nationwide competitiveness. The study aim is to examine the association between EE and EI, ET and EI, and to find out the mediation impact of EM. In order to inspect the EE, entrepreneurial training, entrepreneurial motivation and entrepreneurial intention in the setting of Thailand, this study utilized a quantitative approach dependent upon the respondents to the questionnaire conducted on a sample of 263 students of the engineering university of Thailand. From the practical standpoint, 4 hypotheses were created and examined utilizing regression analysis results, mediating effects, internal consistency, and reliability of the constructs. The outcomes of the study revealed that all the hypotheses are supported. Finally, implications are provided which could assist the entrepreneurs of Thailand involved in boosting the efficiency of activities objected at increasing the success of the business.