Journal
SUSTAINABILITY
Volume 13, Issue 20, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/su132011158
Keywords
entrepreneurship education; entrepreneurial passion; entrepreneurial self-efficacy; nascent entrepreneurial behaviours; social capital
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [72072168]
- New Liberal Arts Foundation of University of Science and Technology of China [XWK2019032]
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This study investigated the influence of entrepreneurship education and social capital on nascent entrepreneurial behaviors, finding that they promote such behaviors through the intervening mechanisms of entrepreneurial passion and self-efficacy. The results suggest that entrepreneurial behaviors are developed through psychological mechanisms such as emotion and cognition.
Entrepreneurship education and social capital have been addressed in entrepreneurship literature. However, the intervening mechanism under which these two factors influence nascent entrepreneurial behaviours remains underdeveloped. Using the data of 623 graduate students in China, this study investigates the influence of entrepreneurship education and social capital on nascent entrepreneurial behaviours, and examines the mediating roles of entrepreneurial passion and self-efficacy (ESE). The results indicate that entrepreneurship education and social capital promote nascent entrepreneurial behaviours through the intervening mechanisms of entrepreneurial passion and ESE. The results suggest that entrepreneurial behaviours must be developed through psychological mechanisms, including emotion and cognition. This study also provides practical implications regarding how to promote students' entrepreneurship.
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