School of Economics and Management, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China.
School of Information Management, Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance, Shanghai, China.
PLoS One. 2023 Jul 19;18(7):e0286090. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286090. eCollection 2023.
Entrepreneurship education has attracted much attention in recent years. However, the relationship between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intention has not achieved an agreement yet. To reconcile these conflicting conclusions, we explore the effect of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intention from the content of the entrepreneurship education programs and different types of individuals who have participated in the program. Leveraging the self-efficacy theory and event system theory, we examine the mediation of entrepreneurial self-efficacy from five dimensions and the moderation of entrepreneurial experience. The sample of this study comprised 243 individuals who participated in entrepreneurship education in China (female = 40.3%, The majority of responders with an age range from 21 to 30 years). The results reveal that entrepreneurship education has a significantly positive influence on entrepreneurial intention (β = 0.331, p < 0.001). Entrepreneurial self-efficacies in searching (β = 0.382, p<0.001), planning (β = 0.249, p<0.001), and marshaling (β = 0.134, p<0.05) play mediating roles in the relationship between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intention. We also find that entrepreneurial experience negatively moderates the relationship between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intention (β = -0.212, p<0.05). The results have implications for entrepreneurship education scholars and policymakers in China.
创业教育近年来受到了广泛关注。然而，创业教育与创业意向之间的关系尚未达成一致。为了解决这些相互矛盾的结论，我们从创业教育项目的内容以及参与项目的不同类型的个体两个方面，探讨了创业教育对创业意向的影响。本研究利用自我效能理论和事件系统理论，从五个维度检验了创业自我效能感的中介作用和创业经验的调节作用。本研究的样本包括 243 名在中国参加创业教育的个体（女性=40.3%，大多数响应者年龄在 21 至 30 岁之间）。研究结果表明，创业教育对创业意向有显著的正向影响（β=0.331，p<0.001）。创业自我效能感在搜索（β=0.382，p<0.001）、计划（β=0.249，p<0.001）和调度（β=0.134，p<0.05）方面发挥了中介作用，在创业教育与创业意向之间的关系中。我们还发现，创业经验负向调节创业教育与创业意向之间的关系（β=-0.212，p<0.05）。研究结果对中国的创业教育学者和政策制定者具有启示意义。
