Effect of Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy on the Entrepreneurial Intentions of Students at a University in Hainan Province in China: Taking Social Support as a Moderator

Wang Li-Yu, Huang Jian-Hao

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This study discussed the relationship among university students’ entrepreneurial self-efficacy, social support, and entrepreneurial intentions. In 2018, the present study recruited 870 students from a public university in Hainan Province, China. This university offered entrepreneurial practice courses, students from this university had been performing exceptionally in entrepreneurial competitions, and its graduates showcased outstanding entrepreneurship, indicating this university a paradigm of entrepreneurial education. Entrepreneurial self-efficacy scale, perceived social support scale, and entrepreneurial intention scale were employed to survey the students. Specifically, the effect of university students’ entrepreneurial self-efficacy on entrepreneurial intention and the moderation of social support on said effect were explored. The following results were obtained: (a) entrepreneurial self-efficacy significantly and positively predicted entrepreneurial intentions, and (b) social support positively moderated the effect of entrepreneurial self-efficacy on entrepreneurial intentions. This study provided a theoretical and practical reference for improving the entrepreneurial intentions of university students.

https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.18.9.10


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University students’ entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial self-efficacy; social support; entrepreneurial intentions; moderator

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