THE MEDIATING ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL PASSION ON PERCEIVED DESIRABILITY-FEASIBILITY AND PROPENSITY TO ACTS ON STUDENTS’ BUSINESS STARTUP INTENTION

This study investigated the mediating role of entrepreneurial passion on startup intention of students and intention antecedents (perceived desirability-feasibility and propensity to act). The study follows a descriptive survey where the quantitative approach was employed, and the data was analyzed using Hierarchical regression analysis. Results revealed that perceived desirability-feasibility and propensity to act significantly and positively influence startup intention of students. Also, entrepreneurial passion mediates on perceived desirability- feasibility but not on propensity to act. Like any other research, this study is limited in the following ways: Since only a single research methodological approach was employed, future researchers could undertake a mixed approach and triangulate to validate the findings. Furthermore, a longitudinal approach could be employed to study the passion effect on entrepreneurial intention antecedents and student’s startup intention over the years. Finally, learning orientation, psychological capital and other factors may contribute to explaining the influence of entrepreneurial passion on intention antecedents and startup intentions of students.