The Mediating Efeects of Entrepreneurial Education Towards Antecedents of Entrepreneurial Intention Among Undergraduate Students

Abstract

The dramatic rose numbers of graduated students from higher education institutions cause unemployment issues among youth in Malaysia. Therefore, the entrepreneur indicated as one of the overcome determinants to against this issue. This study intended to identify the factors that influence entrepreneurial intention among undergraduate students among University Malaysia Kelantan since University Malaysia Kelantan is an entrepreneurial university. A total of 370 undergraduate students selected randomly, and all responses were collected by an online questionnaire. Furthermore, all data were proceeded by SmartPLS software. The finding showed that attitude, entrepreneurial education, and perceived behavioral control directly affect entrepreneurial intention, whereas subjective norms and attitudes have positively significant towards entrepreneurial educations. However, entrepreneurial education does not mediate effect in this study. Therefore, this study provides several benefits for higher institutions, public, and government organizations.

Predictors of Entrepreneurship Intention Among Students in Vocational Colleges: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

“…The study findings indicate that ESE and EA have a significant and direct association with the EI. The study results confirms that the Chinese higher vocational college students who have a positive attitude to start and run their own companies have a positive EI, consistent with the studies by Said et al (2021) and Su et al (2021) . It also justifies that the students from Chinese higher vocational college who believe in their abilities to achieve the set targets in the critical conditions are more inclined to have higher EI as supported by the study from Fernandez-Perez et al (2019) .…”

“…For example, Acuna-Duran et al (2021) , Boubker et al (2021) , Su et al (2021) , and Tehseen and Haider (2021) have confirmed that a person’s attitude toward entrepreneurship is positively and significantly associated with their intention to start a business. Although, different research studies have been conducted in various cultural contexts and economies but most of these studies still show that there is a significantly positive effect of EA on EI (e.g., Utami, 2017 ; Pejic et al, 2018 ; Said et al, 2021 ).…”

“…Subjective norm has also been assumed as an important predictor of EI. Consequently, many researchers in China, Slovenia, Malaysia, and other countries have studied the effect of SN on EI, and pointed out that SN has a direct, positive impact on EI (e.g., Utami, 2017 ; Pejic et al, 2018 ; Said et al, 2021 ; Velástegui and Chacón, 2021 ). Although, there are certain exceptional studies such as Doanh and Bernat (2019) .…”