The Nexus between Entrepreneurial Education and Entrepreneurial Self-Competencies: A Social Enterprise Perspective

Frank Frimpong Opuni (), Michael Snowden (), Ernest Christian Winful, Denis Hyams-Ssekasi, Jamie P. Halsall, Josiah Nii Adu Quaye, Emelia Ohene Afriyie, Elikem Chosniel Ocloo and Kofi Opoku-Asante
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Frank Frimpong Opuni: Marketing Department, Accra Technical University, Accra P.O. Box GP 561, Ghana
Michael Snowden: School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK
Ernest Christian Winful: Accounting and Finance Department, Accra Technical University, Accra P.O. Box GP 561, Ghana
Denis Hyams-Ssekasi: Institute of Management, University of Bolton, Bolton BL3 5AB, UK
Jamie P. Halsall: School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK
Josiah Nii Adu Quaye: Accounting and Finance Department, Accra Technical University, Accra P.O. Box GP 561, Ghana
Emelia Ohene Afriyie: Management and Public Administration, Accra Technical University, Accra P.O. Box GP 561, Ghana
Elikem Chosniel Ocloo: Marketing Department, Accra Technical University, Accra P.O. Box GP 561, Ghana
Kofi Opoku-Asante: Accounting and Finance Department, Accra Technical University, Accra P.O. Box GP 561, Ghana

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 19, 1-20

Abstract: The purpose of the study was to examine the mediation roles of student satisfaction and entrepreneurial self-efficacy in the nexus between entrepreneurial education and entrepreneurial self-competencies within a social enterprise context. The study used a cross-sectional survey design, with a sampled population of 185 business students from three universities (Accra Technical University, Cape Coast Technical University and the University of Ghana) in Ghana. A PLS-SEM approach was used to examine the relationships among the independent–dependent constructs in the study. Entrepreneurial education had positive and significant relationships to student satisfaction and entrepreneurial self-efficacy, but it showed an insignificant relationship to entrepreneurial self-competencies. Student satisfaction was also found to relate positively and significantly to entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial self-competencies. Furthermore, both student satisfaction and entrepreneurial self-efficacy were found to fully mediate the nexus between entrepreneurial education and entrepreneurial self-competencies. The study highlights the crucial roles of student satisfaction and self-efficacy in the implementation of entrepreneurial education in higher education institutions. In a discipline that is characterised by paucity, this study provides a unique and original assessment of the important roles of student satisfaction and student self-confidence in building entrepreneurial competencies among students.

Keywords: entrepreneurial education; student satisfaction; entrepreneurial self-efficacy; entrepreneurial self-competency; social enterprise (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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