Developing entrepreneurial intentions among business graduates of higher educational institutions through entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial passion: A moderated mediation model

• Published in: The international journal of management education Vol. 20; no. 2; p. 100647
• Main Authors: Uddin, Mahi, Chowdhury, Rashid Ahmed, Hoque, Nazamul, Ahmad, Afzal, Mamun, Abdullahil, Uddin, Mohammad Nazim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2022
• Subjects: Entrepreneurial intentions; Entrepreneurial passion; Entrepreneurship education; Higher education; Self-efficacy; Entrepreneurial intentions; Higher education; Entrepreneurial passion; Entrepreneurship education; Self-efficacy
• ISSN: 1472-8117
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijme.2022.100647

Using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), this study examines the mediating role of Entrepreneurial Passion (EP) in the association between Entrepreneurship Education (EE) and Entrepreneurial Intentions (EI), and also the moderating role of Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (ESE) on the association between EE and EP. The study collected data through an online survey from 359 private university students residing in Dhaka and Chittagong. SPSS 23 and Amos 24 were utilized to test the proposed hypotheses. The findings revealed that EE positively improves the EI of university students via EP. The study further demonstrated that the influence of EE on EP is more significant for student with high ESE then low ESE. The study extends the existing literature on the EE-EI link by integrating the TPB from the private higher education perspective during the COVID-19 crisis. The findings offer valuable insight and guidance for policymakers and university management regarding how and when EE leads to better EI among university students. This is one of the pioneering empirical studies highlighting the importance of EE on EI among private university students in an emerging South-Asian setting. Moreover, the study confirms that entrepreneurial passion plays a key role in explaining how EE drives EI. •Tested a moderated mediation model.•Explored positive impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial passion and intentions.•Entrepreneurship education indirectly influences entrepreneurial intentions through entrepreneurial passion.•Entrepreneurial efficacy moderated the relationship between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial passion of students in Bangladesh.