Business education, innovation skills as predictors of entrepreneurial self-efficacy in university students

IF 4.6 Q2 MATERIALS SCIENCE, BIOMATERIALS

ACS Applied Bio Materials Pub Date : 2024-08-08 DOI:10.3846/jbem.2024.21689

Marbelith Laydes, Mery Vásquez, Joel Cruz-Tarrillo, Robin Alexander Diaz

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Abstract

Considering the importance of entrepreneurship education in the social and economic sphere, the objective of this study was to examine how entrepreneurship education influences the development of innovative skills and entrepreneurial confidence of university students. To do this, it was necessary to adopt a quantitative methodological perspective to understand the relationship between the study variables. Through the application of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and the development of the structural equation model (SEM), it was possible to know and confirm the effect and statistical relationship between the variables. The participants of this research were made up of a total of 701 students under quota sampling selection. Entrepreneurship education has been found to significantly influence the promotion of innovative skills and the development of entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Furthermore, the study reveals that the acquisition of innovation competencies is a prerequisite for students to perform well in the business environment. These competencies not only enable them to adapt to changing environments but also foster creativity, systems thinking, and effective problem-solving. This study provides empirical evidence that entrepreneurship education is a relevant factor in strengthening and developing students’ innovation competencies and entrepreneurial self-efficacy.

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商业教育、创新技能是大学生创业自我效能感的预测因素

考虑到创业教育在社会和经济领域的重要性，本研究旨在探讨创业教育如何影响大学生创新能力和创业信心的培养。为此，有必要从定量方法的角度来理解研究变量之间的关系。通过应用确证因子分析（CFA）和建立结构方程模型（SEM），可以了解和确认变量之间的影响和统计关系。本研究的参与者是通过配额抽样选取的 701 名学生。研究发现，创业教育对创新技能的提升和创业自我效能感的发展有显著影响。此外，研究还揭示，获得创新能力是学生在商业环境中取得良好表现的先决条件。这些能力不仅能使他们适应不断变化的环境，还能培养创造力、系统思维和有效解决问题的能力。本研究提供了实证证据，证明创业教育是加强和培养学生创新能力和创业自我效能感的相关因素。

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ACS Applied Bio Materials Chemistry-Chemistry (all)

CiteScore

9.40

自引率

2.10%

发文量

464

期刊介绍： ACS Applied Bio Materials is an interdisciplinary journal publishing original research covering all aspects of biomaterials and biointerfaces including and beyond the traditional biosensing, biomedical and therapeutic applications. The journal is devoted to reports of new and original experimental and theoretical research of an applied nature that integrates knowledge in the areas of materials, engineering, physics, bioscience, and chemistry into important bio applications. The journal is specifically interested in work that addresses the relationship between structure and function and assesses the stability and degradation of materials under relevant environmental and biological conditions.