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A Study of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurial Orientation of Korean and Chinese University Students: Focused on Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy as Mediator  

Yang, Jun Hwan (College of Liberal Arts, Dankook University)
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship / v.15, no.3, 2020 , pp. 233-242 More about this Journal
Abstract
This empirical study was designed to identify the key factors that affect entrepreneurial orientation of university students. An exploratory model was suggested to verify the relationship among the research variables including entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and entrepreneurial orientation(Innovativeness, Proactiveness, Risk-Taking Propensity) in order to attain the purpose of the study. This paper also aimed at investigating the possible difference between Korea and China in entrepreneurial process within this research framework. Total 440 university students participated in this study from both countries; Korea(n=224) and China(n=216). The hierarchical multiple regression was employed for estimating technique by using IBM SPSS statistics Version 23. The findings showed that entrepreneurship education works as a key predictor of entrepreneurial orien- tation and entrepreneurial self-efficacy as well. Also, entrepreneurial self-efficacy has a positive and significant mediating effect and goes on to further impact entrepreneurial orientation. So, entrepreneurship education should be enhanced extensively in order to promote entrepreneurship of young people. The theoretical and practical implication were presented.
Keywords
Entrepreneurship Education; Entrepreneurial Orientation; Innovativeness; Proactiveness; Risk-Taking Propensity; Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy; Korean university students; Chinese university students;
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