Zhang Jiping
School of network communication, Zhejiang Yuexiu University, Shaoxing, China.
PLoS One. 2025 Sep 2;20(9):e0329651. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0329651. eCollection 2025.
This study examined how entrepreneurial passion and entrepreneurial self-efficacy jointly mediate the relationship between career adaptability and entrepreneurial intention. A survey was conducted with 1013 Chinese university students to assess career adaptability, entrepreneurial passion, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and entrepreneurial intention. The findings indicated that: (1) Career adaptability, entrepreneurial passion, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and entrepreneurial intention are interconnected in ways that suggest meaningful pathways for enhancing entrepreneurial outcomes; (2) While career adaptability does not directly influence entrepreneurial intention, it has an indirect effect through entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial passion, highlighting the significance of these mediators; (3) Three specific mediation pathways were identified: one through entrepreneurial passion, one through entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and a third involving both factors in a chain-mediated process-where career adaptability enhances entrepreneurial passion, which then fuels entrepreneurial self-efficacy, ultimately boosting entrepreneurial intention. These findings provided deeper insight into how career adaptability shapes entrepreneurial intention and emphasized the importance of nurturing both entrepreneurial passion and entrepreneurial self-efficacy in university entrepreneurship programs. By implementing educational strategies that enhance these factors, educators can better prepare students for entrepreneurial intentions. Although focused on Chinese university students, the findings have global relevance. They offer actionable guidance for government-led entrepreneurship-education systems in higher-education institutions, particularly those in East Asia and Southeast Asia, aimed at fostering adaptive and confident future entrepreneurs.
本研究考察了创业激情和创业自我效能感如何共同中介职业适应性与创业意向之间的关系。对1013名中国大学生进行了一项调查，以评估职业适应性、创业激情、创业自我效能感和创业意向。研究结果表明：（1）职业适应性、创业激情、创业自我效能感和创业意向相互关联，这表明了提升创业成果的有意义途径；（2）虽然职业适应性并不直接影响创业意向，但它通过创业自我效能感和创业激情产生间接影响，突出了这些中介变量的重要性；（3）确定了三条具体的中介途径：一条通过创业激情，一条通过创业自我效能感，第三条涉及这两个因素的链式中介过程——职业适应性增强创业激情，进而激发创业自我效能感，最终提升创业意向。这些发现为职业适应性如何塑造创业意向提供了更深入的见解，并强调了在大学创业项目中培养创业激情和创业自我效能感的重要性。通过实施增强这些因素的教育策略，教育工作者可以更好地让学生为创业意向做好准备。尽管该研究聚焦于中国大学生，但研究结果具有全球相关性。它们为高等教育机构中政府主导的创业教育体系提供了可操作的指导，特别是针对东亚和东南亚那些旨在培养适应性强且自信的未来企业家的教育体系。
