Entrepreneurial Education and Self-employment: Does Entrepreneurial Self-efficacy Matter?
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Date
2021
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SEISENSE Business Review
Abstract
The study sought to determine the mediating role of entrepreneurial self-efficacy in the relationship between entrepreneurship education and self-employment intentions. A cross-sectional and explanatory survey approach was employed using a systematic sampling technique. Data were collected from a sample of 458 undergraduate finalists from two Ugandan universities. Results of the study indicate that two predictors significantly influence self-employment intentions. Results also suggest that entrepreneurial self-efficacy partially mediates the relationship between entrepreneurship education and self-employment intentions. Curriculum developers should develop entrepreneurship curriculum content geared towards stimulation of self-employment intentions among learners via entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Second, educational and economic policymakers should design policies and programs like startup capital to enable graduates to realize their self-employment intentions. The study provides initial evidence on the mediating effect of entrepreneurial self-efficacy between entrepreneurship education and self-employment intentions.
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Entrepreneurship education, Entrepreneurial self efficacy, Self employment intentions, Students
Citation
Kisubi, M., Korir, M., & Bonuke, R. (2021). Entrepreneurial Education and Self-employment: Does Entrepreneurial Self-efficacy Matter?. SEISENSE Business Review, 1(1), 18-30.https://doi.org/10.33215/sbr.v1i1.498