Emotional intelligence and entrepreneurial intention among university undergraduates in Nigeria: exploring the mediating roles of self-efficacy domains
Abstract How emotional competencies influence entrepreneurial behaviour especially among college students remains an under-researched subject in the entrepreneurship literature. In a unique perspective, this study examined the mediating roles of self-efficacy belief dimensions in the relationship be...
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| description | Abstract How emotional competencies influence entrepreneurial behaviour especially among college students remains an under-researched subject in the entrepreneurship literature. In a unique perspective, this study examined the mediating roles of self-efficacy belief dimensions in the relationship between emotional intelligence and entrepreneurial intention of Electrical/Electronics Technology Education (EETE) students. The study was carried out among 192 EETE university students in 4 federal universities in South-East Nigeria. The hypothesized causal relationships based on literature were tested using covariance-based structural equation modelling (CB-SEM). Andrew Hayes’ PROCESS plugin in SPSS was used to simultaneously estimate the mediating effects of the self-efficacy components (perceived competence, perceived control, and perceived persistence). Data analysis results revealed that emotional intelligence had a significant positive effect on entrepreneurial intention in isolation, while the direct effect of emotional intelligence in the structural (mediation) model was not significant. Out of the three dimensions of self-efficacy, perceived competence and perceived persistence had significant partial mediating effects. The implications of the findings and recommendations were discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b76d317a5c244ac3bffec4bcbb72498c2024-03-05T20:45:47ZengSpringerOpenJournal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship2192-53722024-02-0113112210.1186/s13731-024-00367-7Emotional intelligence and entrepreneurial intention among university undergraduates in Nigeria: exploring the mediating roles of self-efficacy domainsKenechukwu Joshua Nwibe0Theresa Chinyere Ogbuanya1Department of Industrial Technical Education, University of NigeriaFaculty of Education, School of Education Studies, University of the Free StateAbstract How emotional competencies influence entrepreneurial behaviour especially among college students remains an under-researched subject in the entrepreneurship literature. In a unique perspective, this study examined the mediating roles of self-efficacy belief dimensions in the relationship between emotional intelligence and entrepreneurial intention of Electrical/Electronics Technology Education (EETE) students. The study was carried out among 192 EETE university students in 4 federal universities in South-East Nigeria. The hypothesized causal relationships based on literature were tested using covariance-based structural equation modelling (CB-SEM). Andrew Hayes’ PROCESS plugin in SPSS was used to simultaneously estimate the mediating effects of the self-efficacy components (perceived competence, perceived control, and perceived persistence). Data analysis results revealed that emotional intelligence had a significant positive effect on entrepreneurial intention in isolation, while the direct effect of emotional intelligence in the structural (mediation) model was not significant. Out of the three dimensions of self-efficacy, perceived competence and perceived persistence had significant partial mediating effects. The implications of the findings and recommendations were discussed.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13731-024-00367-7Entrepreneurial intentionEmotional intelligenceSelf-efficacy beliefElectrical/Electronics Technology Education |
| spellingShingle | Kenechukwu Joshua Nwibe Theresa Chinyere Ogbuanya Emotional intelligence and entrepreneurial intention among university undergraduates in Nigeria: exploring the mediating roles of self-efficacy domains Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurial intention Emotional intelligence Self-efficacy belief Electrical/Electronics Technology Education |
| title | Emotional intelligence and entrepreneurial intention among university undergraduates in Nigeria: exploring the mediating roles of self-efficacy domains |
| title_full | Emotional intelligence and entrepreneurial intention among university undergraduates in Nigeria: exploring the mediating roles of self-efficacy domains |
| title_fullStr | Emotional intelligence and entrepreneurial intention among university undergraduates in Nigeria: exploring the mediating roles of self-efficacy domains |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emotional intelligence and entrepreneurial intention among university undergraduates in Nigeria: exploring the mediating roles of self-efficacy domains |
| title_short | Emotional intelligence and entrepreneurial intention among university undergraduates in Nigeria: exploring the mediating roles of self-efficacy domains |
| title_sort | emotional intelligence and entrepreneurial intention among university undergraduates in nigeria exploring the mediating roles of self efficacy domains |
| topic | Entrepreneurial intention Emotional intelligence Self-efficacy belief Electrical/Electronics Technology Education |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13731-024-00367-7 |
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