Author(s)

Yiran Xu ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Faculty of Philosophy, Belarusian State University, Minsk, 224016, Belarus

Corresponding Author

Yiran Xu

ABSTRACT

The objective of this study is to explore the correlation between the the environment for entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial intentions among college students, while also examining the mediating role of self-efficacy. College students are representative of a burgeoning force within the domain of mass entrepreneurship, and enhancing their entrepreneurial intentions holds significant importance for the comprehensive implementation of an innovation-driven development strategy. A total of 476 college student took part in this study through the completion of survey instruments pertaining to desire to initiate a business, startup intention environment, and self-confidence in entrepreneurship. The findings indicate a positive relationship between entrepreneurship environment and the intention to start a business. Furthermore, self-confidence in entrepreneurship serves as a partial mediator between the entrepreneurial environment and entrepreneurial intention, accounting for 48.71% of the variance. In conclusion, it is determined that: (1) The environment for entrepreneurship is a positive predictor of students in college intentions for entrepreneurship. The entrepreneurial environment positively predicts self-confidence in entrepreneurship, which in turn positively predicts college students' entrepreneurial intentions; (2) Entrepreneurial self-confidence partially mediates the relationship between the the entrepreneurial environment and entrepreneurial intentions of students in college.

KEYWORDS

Entrepreneurial environment, college students, entrepreneurial intention, self-efficacy, Facilitating function

CITE THIS PAPER

Yiran Xu, The influence of entrepreneurial environment on college students' entrepreneurial intention: The mediating role of entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Applied & Educational Psychology (2024) Vol. 5: 69-77. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/appep.2024.050309.

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