Entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intentions of university students in Vietnam: the mediating roles of self-efficacy and learning orientation
ISSN: 0040-0912
Article publication date: 26 October 2020
Issue publication date: 30 December 2020
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to explore the mediating roles of self-efficacy and learning orientation in the relationship between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intentions of university students in Vietnam.
Design/methodology/approach
The data were collected from an online survey of 1,021 university students in Vietnam. The authors conducted a hierarchical regression analysis to test the hypotheses.
Findings
The results of hierarchical regression analysis reveal that entrepreneurship education positively affects entrepreneurial intentions, and this relationship is mediated by both learning orientation and self-efficacy.
Research limitations/implications
This study confirms the importance of entrepreneurship education in encouraging university students' entrepreneurial intentions.
Practical implications
This study offers practical implications for universities and policy makers.
Social implications
This study is one of the first to empirically examine the concept of entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intentions in an Asia-Pacific context.
Originality/value
This study emphasises the significance of entrepreneurship education and its effects on university students' entrepreneurial intentions. Furthermore, the findings confirm that self-efficacy and learning orientation play an important part in explaining how entrepreneurship education relates to entrepreneurial intentions.
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Acknowledgements
The authors sincerely thank the anonymous reviewer for the helpful and valuable comments on an earlier version of this article.
Citation
Hoang, G., Le, T.T.T., Tran, A.K.T. and Du, T. (2021), "Entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intentions of university students in Vietnam: the mediating roles of self-efficacy and learning orientation", Education + Training, Vol. 63 No. 1, pp. 115-133. https://doi.org/10.1108/ET-05-2020-0142
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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