How Does College Students’ Entrepreneurial Learning Influence Entrepreneurial Intention: Evidence from China

Li Huang, Xuchen Bai, Leilei Huang (), Yangjie Huang and Guanshuang Han ()
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Li Huang: International College, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
Xuchen Bai: Institute of Education and Social Development, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100088, China
Leilei Huang: College of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
Yangjie Huang: Institute of China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China
Guanshuang Han: College of Education, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 12, 1-19

Abstract: In implementing an innovation-driven development strategy, it is important to promote the sustainable development capacity of the new generation. Entrepreneurial learning can enhance college students’ skills and entrepreneurial competence in facing the uncertain challenges of the future. In order to clarify the mechanism by which entrepreneurial learning influences college students’ entrepreneurial intention, a mediating moderation model was constructed, based on the theory of planned behavior, to explore the mediating role of entrepreneurial attitude, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and perceived behavioral control. Furthermore, the moderating effect of important peers and teachers’ support on campus was combined, initially to assess the entrepreneurial intention of college students. This study adopted a quantitative research approach with a questionnaire survey, taking 704 college students in the Yangtze River Delta region as subjects. The research results showed that entrepreneurial learning has a significant positive predictive effect on the entrepreneurial intention of college students; entrepreneurial attitude and perceived behavioral control play a mediating role between the entrepreneurial learning and entrepreneurial intention of college students; and important peers and teachers’ support on campus can adjust the impact of entrepreneurial learning on entrepreneurial intention. The proposed framework provides a more concrete understanding of entrepreneurial intention. The results also provide policy and managerial insights into promoting entrepreneurial intention within higher education.

Keywords: entrepreneurial learning; entrepreneurial intention; theory of planned behavior; entrepreneurial attitude; self-efficacy; perceived behavioral control; sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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