“Entrepreneurizing” College Programs to Increase Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Mediation Framework
The impact of entrepreneurship on the development of emerging economies is widely recognized. Research has focused on studying factors that increase entrepreneurship in societies, including the role of education in increasing entrepreneurial intentions among students. In this paper, we contribute to...
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| description | The impact of entrepreneurship on the development of emerging economies is widely recognized. Research has focused on studying factors that increase entrepreneurship in societies, including the role of education in increasing entrepreneurial intentions among students. In this paper, we contribute to the entrepreneurship and education literature by examining the impact of entrepreneurial college programs on entrepreneurial intentions. Further, we study the mediating roles of perceived benefits and individual creativity. Using a sample of 438 students from a public university in Saudi Arabia, our findings reveal that students enrolled in entrepreneurial programs have higher levels of entrepreneurial intentions that those enrolled in non-entrepreneurial programs, and that perceived benefits and individual creativity partially mediate the aforementioned relationship. The paper opens the door for future research in the entrepreneurship and education literature and provides several managerial implications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b53bd9c45c947d7b3d90a434a0a86f52023-11-16T18:26:13ZengMDPI AGAdministrative Sciences2076-33872023-02-011325010.3390/admsci13020050“Entrepreneurizing” College Programs to Increase Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Mediation FrameworkMahmoud Ibrahim Fallatah0Tahar Lazhar Ayed1Department of Business Administration, College of Business, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 24382, Saudi ArabiaSchool of Business and Law, Dar Al-Hekma University, Jeddah 22246, Saudi ArabiaThe impact of entrepreneurship on the development of emerging economies is widely recognized. Research has focused on studying factors that increase entrepreneurship in societies, including the role of education in increasing entrepreneurial intentions among students. In this paper, we contribute to the entrepreneurship and education literature by examining the impact of entrepreneurial college programs on entrepreneurial intentions. Further, we study the mediating roles of perceived benefits and individual creativity. Using a sample of 438 students from a public university in Saudi Arabia, our findings reveal that students enrolled in entrepreneurial programs have higher levels of entrepreneurial intentions that those enrolled in non-entrepreneurial programs, and that perceived benefits and individual creativity partially mediate the aforementioned relationship. The paper opens the door for future research in the entrepreneurship and education literature and provides several managerial implications.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/13/2/50entrepreneurshipentrepreneurial intentionseducationSaudi Arabiaindividual creativityperceived benefits |
| spellingShingle | Mahmoud Ibrahim Fallatah Tahar Lazhar Ayed “Entrepreneurizing” College Programs to Increase Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Mediation Framework Administrative Sciences entrepreneurship entrepreneurial intentions education Saudi Arabia individual creativity perceived benefits |
| title | “Entrepreneurizing” College Programs to Increase Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Mediation Framework |
| title_full | “Entrepreneurizing” College Programs to Increase Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Mediation Framework |
| title_fullStr | “Entrepreneurizing” College Programs to Increase Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Mediation Framework |
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| title_short | “Entrepreneurizing” College Programs to Increase Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Mediation Framework |
| title_sort | entrepreneurizing college programs to increase entrepreneurial intentions a mediation framework |
| topic | entrepreneurship entrepreneurial intentions education Saudi Arabia individual creativity perceived benefits |
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