Title: Entrepreneurship education, training and entrepreneurial intention of female students: the mediating role of entrepreneurial passion, creativity, and TPB

Authors: Aamir Hassan; Arsheed Ahmad Dar; Ambreen Saleem; Nawab Ali Khan

Addresses: Department of Commerce, Aligarh Muslim University, 202002, India ' Department of Commerce, Aligarh Muslim University, 202002, India ' Department of Commerce, Aligarh Muslim University, 202002, India ' Department of Commerce, Aligarh Muslim University, 202002, India

Abstract: The current study aims to analyse the role played by entrepreneurship education and training (EET) in developing entrepreneurial intention among female students through a longitudinal approach. In addition to the robustness of the theory of planned behaviour in mediating the entrepreneurship education, training, and intention link, the current study also included entrepreneurial passion (EP) and entrepreneurial creativity (EC) in the model to determine the intention (EI) of female students to venture out. A longitudinal approach was employed to collect the data from science and technology background female participants who took part in the women's entrepreneurship development program (WEDP) before and after completion of the program. A significant difference in participants' intention was found before and after their exposure to EET, shown by paired samples t-test. Also, the results unveil the significant mediating role of the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) in the EET, EP, EC, and EI relationship.

Keywords: entrepreneurial education and training; entrepreneurial passion; entrepreneurial creativity; theory of planned behaviour; TPB; entrepreneurial intention; female students.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTEL.2024.141824

International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, 2024 Vol.16 No.4, pp.401 - 427

Received: 25 Feb 2023
Accepted: 12 Apr 2023
Published online: 02 Oct 2024 *

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