“Entrepreneurizing” College Programs to Increase Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Mediation Framework

Mahmoud Ibrahim Fallatah () and Tahar Lazhar Ayed
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Mahmoud Ibrahim Fallatah: Department of Business Administration, College of Business, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 24382, Saudi Arabia
Tahar Lazhar Ayed: School of Business and Law, Dar Al-Hekma University, Jeddah 22246, Saudi Arabia

Administrative Sciences, 2023, vol. 13, issue 2, 1-14

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial intentions; education; Saudi Arabia; individual creativity; perceived benefits (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L M M0 M1 M10 M11 M12 M14 M15 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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