Relationship between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial goal intentions: psychological traits as mediators
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2022
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Despite the commonly held view that entrepreneurship education and training
nurtures future entrepreneurs, little is known about the mechanism through which
this intervention impacts on its intended outcomes. The purpose of this study was to
test if selected psychological traits (need for achievement, risk-taking propensity,
internal locus of control) mediated the predictive relationship between the perceived
effects of entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intentions. A crosssectional survey of a sample of 308 vocational education students in Zimbabwe was
used for this purpose. The results show that the effects of entrepreneurship
education variable had a positive and statistically significant relationship with need
for achievement, risk-taking propensity, internal locus of control and entrepreneurial
goal intentions. Moreover, need for achievement, risk-taking propensity and internal
locus of control accounted for a statistically significant amount of variance in
entrepreneurial intentions. However, of the three psychological traits, only need for
achievement partially mediated the relationship between the effects of
entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial goal intentions. The outcome has
implications on the design and focus of entrepreneurship education programmes.
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Ndofirepi, T.M. (2020) Relationship between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial goal intentions: psychological traits as mediators. Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, vol. 9, no. 2, p.1-20