The role of entrepreneurship education, curriculum, lecturer competency on students' entrepreneurial intentions: A multiple mediator analysis

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 8 Sayı: 3, 146 - 165, 30.11.2025

Tuatul Mahfud , Vu Hung Dang , Yogiana Mulyani

https://doi.org/10.58308/bemarej.1618376

Öz

Entrepreneurship in many countries is recognized as a driving factor for economic growth. The trend regarding the importance of entrepreneurship in triggering development and economic change in a country shows an increasing trend. Although many experts have highlighted the vital role of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intentions, until now, there has been no clarity on the impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial tendencies because of different research findings among experts. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the role of entrepreneurship education factors, curriculum, lecturer competence, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and creative self-efficacy on students' entrepreneurial intentions. This study involved university students in Indonesia and Vietnam to express their perceptions of entrepreneurship education, curriculum, lecturer competence, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, creative self-efficacy, and students' entrepreneurial intentions. Data analysis used Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with the help of SmartPLS software. This study's findings indicate that entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial self-efficacy directly influence students' entrepreneurial intentions. Other predictors, such as curriculum relevance, lecturer competence, and creative self-efficacy, have not been shown to influence students' entrepreneurial intentions directly. Another finding is that entrepreneurship education indirectly affects entrepreneurial intention through students' entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Similar results also showed that self-efficacy successfully mediated the influence of lecturer competence on students' entrepreneurial intention.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Entrepreneurial intention , entrepreneurial self-efficacy , Creative self-efficacy , Education , curriculum

Proje Numarası

41/PL32.13/SPK-LT/2024

The role of entrepreneurship education, curriculum, lecturer competency on students' entrepreneurial intentions

Öz

Entrepreneurship in many countries is recognized as a driving factor for economic growth. The trend regarding the importance of entrepreneurship in triggering development and economic change in a country shows an increasing trend. Although many experts have highlighted the vital role of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intentions, until now, there has been no clarity on the impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial tendencies because of different research findings among experts. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the role of entrepreneurship education factors, curriculum, lecturer competence, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and creative self-efficacy on students' entrepreneurial intentions. This study involved university students in Indonesia and Vietnam to express their perceptions of entrepreneurship education, curriculum, lecturer competence, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, creative self-efficacy, and students' entrepreneurial intentions. Data analysis used Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with the help of SmartPLS software. This study's findings indicate that entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial self-efficacy directly influence students' entrepreneurial intentions. Other predictors, such as curriculum relevance, lecturer competence, and creative self-efficacy, have not been shown to influence students' entrepreneurial intentions directly. Another finding is that entrepreneurship education indirectly affects entrepreneurial intention through students' entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Similar results also showed that self-efficacy successfully mediated the influence of lecturer competence on students' entrepreneurial intention.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Entrepreneurial intention , entrepreneurial self-efficacy , entrepreneurial self-efficacy , Creative self-efficacy , Education , Curriculum

Etik Beyan

The author(s) declare that ethical rules and scientific citation principles were complied with throughout the preparation process of this study. This study is not included in the study group requiring ethics committee approval.

Destekleyen Kurum

Center for Research and Community Service at Balikpapan State Polytechnic

Proje Numarası

41/PL32.13/SPK-LT/2024

Teşekkür

This investigation was supported by grant number 41/PL32.13/SPK-LT/2024 from the Center for Research and Community Service at Balikpapan State Polytechnic. We would like to express our appreciation for the participation of all respondents in this study, namely Indonesian and Vietnamese students.

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