Examine the role Entrepreneurship Education and Entrepreneurship Intention of Students with the Mediating Role of Self-Confidence, Attitude and Mentality (Case Study of Students in Mazandaran Province)

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intention with the mediating role of self-confidence, entrepreneurial attitude, mentality towards entrepreneurship. The research method of the present study was descriptive-correlational. The sample consisted of 482 students of universities in Mazandaran province who were selected using stratified random sampling. The instruments of this study included the scales of measuring entrepreneurship education , attitude towards entrepreneurship (Jena, 202) and feeling of self-efficacy, entrepreneurial mentality and entrepreneurial intention (wardena et al., 2020) which after calculating the validity and reliability They were analyzed between the distribution sample and the data using a structural equation model. Findings showed that entrepreneurship education had a positive and significant effect on self-confidence, mentality and attitude (emotional, cognitive and behavioral) and entrepreneurial intention and self-confidence had a positive and significant effect on mentality and attitude (emotional, cognitive and behavioral) and entrepreneurial intention and so on. Emotionally, behavioral attitude had an effect on entrepreneurial intention but cognitive dimension did not affect entrepreneurial intention. Because, education can be the bedrock for the development of skills and abilities of entrepreneurs, and this factor, by affecting people's attitudes about their capabilities, increases their sense of self-efficacy and a positive mentality towards entrepreneurship. Creates in them and strengthens their entrepreneurial intention

Keywords

• education
• self-efficacy
• mentality
• entrepreneurship
• attitude