Assessing the role of creativity and motivation to measure entrepreneurial education and entrepreneurial intention
International Journal of Educational Management
ISSN: 0951-354X
Article publication date: 24 May 2022
Issue publication date: 3 June 2022
Abstract
Purpose
The study aims to investigate the association between Entrepreneurial Education (EE) and Entrepreneurial Intention (EI) and the multiple mediation model of Creativity and Entrepreneurial Motivation (EM).
Design/methodology/approach
The study employed a sample of 300 students who have studied entrepreneurial development courses (short-term and vocational courses) from higher educational institutes located in four States of Northern India. The data were analyzed by employing the structural equation modeling (SEM) technique.
Findings
The investigation revealed that EE has a significant association with EM and EI but not with creativity. It is also seen that EM facilitates the affiliation between EE and EI, but creativity does not.
Practical implications
The investigation results help the Institution, Policymakers, Government, to include entrepreneurial activities in their programs.
Originality/value
EE primary objective is to develop skills and knowledge that can propel them into a journey of EI and entrepreneurship. Although EE and EI have studied at large, there is hardly any study that talks about motivation, creativity and practicality in their program.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the two anonymous reviewers, Associate Editor, and Editor-in-Chief for their valuable comments and suggestions that helped to improve the manuscript.
Funding: The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.
Declaration of conflicting interests: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.
Citation
Paliwal, M., Rajak, B.K., Kumar, V. and Singh, S. (2022), "Assessing the role of creativity and motivation to measure entrepreneurial education and entrepreneurial intention", International Journal of Educational Management, Vol. 36 No. 5, pp. 854-874. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEM-05-2021-0178
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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