Abstract
Purpose – The study sought to determine the mediating role of entrepreneurial self-efficacy in the relationship between entrepreneurship education and self-employment intentions. Design – A cross-sectional and explanatory survey approach was employed using a systematic sampling technique. Data were collected from a sample of 458 undergraduate finalists from two Ugandan universities. Results – Results of the study indicate that two predictors significantly influence self-employment intentions. Results also suggest that entrepreneurial self-efficacy partially mediates the relationship between entrepreneurship education and self-employment intentions. Implications – Curriculum developers should develop entrepreneurship curriculum content geared towards stimulation of self-employment intentions among learners via entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Second, educational and economic policymakers should design policies and programs like startup capital to enable graduates to realize their self-employment intentions. Originality/value – The study provides initial evidence on the mediating effect of entrepreneurial self-efficacy between entrepreneurship education and self-employment intentions.
Highlights
Self-employment intention is a road to achieving desirable economic growth and development
The study's goal was to determine the indirect influence of entrepreneurship education on self-employment intentions via entrepreneurial self-efficacy
Results suggest that entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial self-efficacy have a positive and significant impact on self-employment intentions
Summary
Self-employment intention is a road to achieving desirable economic growth and development. It is the most appropriate method for addressing household poverty and unemployment for graduates (Barba-Sánchez & Atienza-Sahuquillo, 2017; Vuorio, Puumalainen, & Fellnhofer, 2018). This is based on the premise that selfemployment intentions result in creating new firms, offering employment opportunities that are the engine to economic growth (Nabi & Holden, 2008; Wolfe & Patel, 2018). In Uganda, unique programs and initiatives such as; youth venture capital fund and youth livelihood fund have been developed to promote youth and graduate self-employment (Ntale et al, 2020)
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