Abstract
This study aims to obtain information and knowledge related to entrepreneurial education, subjective norm, and entrepreneurial attitude towards entrepreneurial intention senior high school student. This research followed a survey method with proportional random sampling technique while the data was primary data obtained by 251 respondents from three senior high school in Jakarta, Indonesia. Furthermore, the data were analyzed using AMOS Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) in order to understand the direct influence and indirect effect. This research was conducted for about six months from September to February 2019. The findings of this study indicate that entrepreneurial education does not effect on entrepreneurial intention. Meanwhile, the entrepreneurial education has a relationship with entrepreneurial attitude. In respect, the subjective norm has a correlation with entrepreneurial intention, subjective norm has an effect on entrepreneurial attitude, and entrepreneurial attitude has an impact entrepreneurial intention. From these findings, it can be seen that the entrepreneurial attitude is a mediating variable between entrepreneurial education and entrepreneurial intention as well as between subjective norm and entrepreneurial intention variable.
Highlights
Entrepreneurs play an essential role in enhancing job opportunities and economic growth
The results found that the value of b = 0.006 which means entrepreneurial attitude mediate the impact of entrepreneurial education on entrepreneurial intention
The results found that the value of b = 0.002 which means entrepreneurial attitude mediate the impact of subjective norm on entrepreneurial intention
Summary
Entrepreneurs play an essential role in enhancing job opportunities and economic growth. Kritikos (2014) mentioned that entrepreneurs boost economic growth by establishing new technologies, products, and services. Innovations in producing goods and services will lead to a higher number of businesses that will improve the job opportunity. With the increasing number population in Indonesia, it is not linear with the increasing number of an entrepreneur. The entrepreneurial and population ratio in 2018 was about 3.1 percent (Puspayoga, 2018). It needs to foster entrepreneurial spirit by motivating individuals started earlier both in the school and in the family (Bettinelli et al, 2014). An effort to increase the number of entrepreneurship is to increase the intention of entrepreneurship for students
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