Abstract

Recently, to decrease high youth unemployment rate and promote sustained economic growth through creating new jobs in China. Various types of entrepreneurship education have been taking place in Chinese university due to governmental policy support and the number of entrepreneurship education in Chinese university has increased in quantity and the interest in realistic entrepreneurship education and improvement measures has been increasing. In this context, this study is to learn if and how entrepreneurship education carrying out in Chinese university influence entrepreneurial self-efficacy, entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial intention of potential entrepreneur in many ways. For this purpose, a research model and hypotheses are developed based on the relevant literature reviews. Data have been collected from university students who have completed entrepreneurship education in China and the empirical findings were tested by structural equation modeling analysis. The empirical findings are as follows: First, entrepreneurship education has not a positive effect on entrepreneurial intention, but a positive effect on entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurship. Second, flow entrepreneurial self-efficacy has a positive effect on entrepreneurship. Third, entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurship have a positive effect on entrepreneurial intention respectively. Finally, entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurship have a mediating effect on the relationship between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intention. Based on the results, this study a few significant implications having meaningful to Chinese entrepreneurship education, is expected to have contribution to the successful promoting entrepreneurial intention of potential entrepreneur in China.

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