The Mediating Effects in the Relationship between Entrepreneurial Education and Entrepreneurial Intention
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The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating effects in the relationship between entrepreneurial education and entrepreneurial intention. Data were collected from 581 students of the Faculty of Management Sciences, Songkhla Rajabhat University. The research instrument was an online questionnaire distributed to the sample by convenience sampling. The quantitative data were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM).
This analysis showed that the theoretical model was relevant to the empirical data (relative chi-square = 2.84, CFI = 0.974, TLI = 0.968, SRMR = 0.043, and RMSEA = 0.056). The results revealed that the relationship between entrepreneurial education and entrepreneurial intention was mediated by attitude toward entrepreneurship and perceived entrepreneurial ability. At the same time, there is no significant direct relationship between entrepreneurial education and entrepreneurial intention. It can be inferred that the mediating variables in this study are full mediators. Therefore, these findings contribute to a critical understanding of the mediating mechanism in the relationship between entrepreneurial education and entrepreneurial intention.
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