The Impact of Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy on Entrepreneurial Intention of College Students in Henan Province of China: A Study of Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Attitudes
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Purpose: This study aims to explore the impact of self-efficacy on entrepreneurial intention among college students in Henan Province, China, and examine the mediating role of entrepreneurial attitude. Methods: Quantitative analysis was employed in this study. A total of 1351 participants were selected through cluster sampling. The data collected were processed using SPSS 25.0 and Process 3.5, including the removal of invalid questionnaires and adjustment of missing values and outliers. Harman's single-factor test was conducted to examine the common method bias, while reliability, validity, and the mediating effect in Process were also assessed. Results: The analysis of the data revealed that the correlation coefficient between self-efficacy and entrepreneurial attitude was 0.238 (p<0.01), and the correlation coefficient between self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention was 0.282 (p<0.01). Additionally, the correlation coefficient between entrepreneurial attitude and entrepreneurial intention was 0.211 (p<0.01). Tests of the mediating effects of self-efficacy, entrepreneurial attitude, and entrepreneurial intention showed that self-efficacy significantly predicted entrepreneurial intention. Furthermore, even after incorporating the mediating variable of entrepreneurial attitude, self-efficacy continued to predict entrepreneurial intention. Conclusion: There is a significant positive correlation among self-efficacy, entrepreneurial attitude, and entrepreneurial intention among college students in Henan Province, China. Entrepreneurial attitude plays a mediating role between self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention. Based on the data results in Table 7, the mean values of self-efficacy, entrepreneurial attitude, and entrepreneurial intention were 3.225, 3.196, and 3.181, respectively, with standard deviations of 1.019, 0.917, and 0.935. The correlation analysis results indicated that the correlation coefficient between self-efficacy and entrepreneurial attitude was 0.238 (p<0.01), and the correlation coefficient between self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention was 0.282 (p<0.01). Additionally, the correlation coefficient between entrepreneurial attitude and entrepreneurial intention was 0.211 (p<0.01).
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