Abstract
The purpose of this study is to unearth the effect of entrepreneurship learning on entrepreneurial intentions mediated by self-efficacy, and to find out the differences in entrepreneurial intentions viewed from the gender aspect. The research method employed in this study was an explanatory survey method. With respect to the research population, 560 accounting education students from all over Indonesia took part in this study by using the sample size technique of Isaac Michael so that the sample size was 233 respondents. The research samples taken from the population of accounting education students in Indonesia consisted of the students from Unimed, UPI, UNY, UNM, UM Malang and Unesa Surabaya. The data were collected using questionnaires in a google form and the validity and reliability of the collected data had also been tested. In this study, descriptive analysis and path analysis were employed as the data processing technique. The results showed that entrepreneurship learning and self-efficacy had a significant positive effect on entrepreneurial intentions. In particular, self-efficacy had the greatest effect on entrepreneurial intentions. There is no difference in entrepreneurial intentions based on the gender aspect. It is recommended to increase entrepreneurship learning through facilities and infrastructure indicators, self-efficacy through generally indicators, and entrepreneurial intentions through the indicators of spirit to try entrepreneurship.
Highlights
As a matter of fact, it is in accorandce with the studies conducted by Anggraeni & Nurcaya (2016) and Puspitaningsih (2016) which proved that entrepreneurship learning has a positive effect on self-efficacy
Based on the explanation above, it appears that the influence of entrepreneurship learning and entrepreneurial intentions is still inconsistent, on the one hand, self-efficacy is a predictor of entrepreneurial intention that is positively examined
The researchers want to reexamine the effect of entrepreneurship learning and self-efficacy on entrepreneurial intentions, especially when it is applied to accounting education students
Summary
Based on research results (Icek Ajzen, 2002), self-efficacy significantly improves the intention prediction It measures contributed additional variance in intention and behavior. The studies conducted Boyd & Vozikis, (1994); Carr & Sequeira, (2007); Oktaviana et al, (2018) and Zhao et al (2005) show that increased self-efficacy results in higher entrepreneurial intentions In this case, self-efficacy is considered as a factor that determines students ’entrepreneurial intentions. The researchers want to reexamine the effect of entrepreneurship learning and self-efficacy on entrepreneurial intentions, especially when it is applied to accounting education students They have competence in the field of education as prospective teachers and accounting studies which tend to be the driving factor for entrepreneurship. As it has been reported that women are considered having lower self-entrepreneurial intentions
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