The influence mechanism of the relationship between entrepreneurial learning and entrepreneurial intention

Frontiers in Psychology

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Cong Lin¹  Yan Pan¹  Yanli Yu¹  Libo Feng¹  Zhiyong Chen¹ 

[1] College of Science and Technology, Ningbo University

关键词: Mixed-methods Research;    Entrepreneurial learning;    entrepreneurial self-efficacy;    Entrepreneurial intention;    Influence mechanism;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1023808

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Based on relevant literature from domestic and foreign scholars, this study adopted entrepreneurial learning theory to construct a relationship model between entrepreneurial learning, and entrepreneurial intention. In this framework, entrepreneurial learning was divided into three dimensions, including entrepreneurial education learning, experience learning, and social network learning. A questionnaire survey was conducted among 1,399 undergraduate students in Zhejiang Province to investigate how entrepreneurial learning influenced entrepreneurial intention, with a focus on the mediating effect of entrepreneurial self-efficacy. This empirical research found the following: (1) experiential learning and social network learning had significant positive impacts on entrepreneurial intention, but there was no significant relationship between entrepreneurial education learning and entrepreneurial intention; (2) entrepreneurship education learning and social network learning had significant positive relationships with entrepreneurial self-efficacy, but experiential learning had a significant negative relationship with entrepreneurial self-efficacy; (3) entrepreneurial self-efficacy partially mediated the relationship between experiential learning, social network learning, and entrepreneurial intention, and fully mediated the relationship between entrepreneurial education learning and entrepreneurial intention. For colleges and universities in China, these findings suggest the need to both broaden entrepreneurial learning and strengthen social network learning.

【 授权许可】

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