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Enhancing entrepreneurial intention through curriculum, risk awareness, optimism and opportunities: the mediating and moderating roles of entrepreneur inspiration and support

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Entrepreneurship plays an important role in driving a nation's economic growth to impact the global economy. The presence and rise of business entities, primarily through digital platforms, have helped maintain Indonesia’s general business circulation and lowered youth unemployment. Efforts to realise this condition begin when students take their studies seriously. However, the level of graduate unemployment is currently high, with the intensity of entrepreneurial intentions being low. This study aims to explore students' entrepreneurial intentions based on the present curriculum, risk awareness, optimism and opportunities mediated and moderated by inspiration and support, respectively. Compared to other papers with similar research, the uniqueness of this paper is that it addresses the moderating and mediating roles of inspiration and support in the correlation of several variables to youth entrepreneurial intention. This study involves 306 students spread throughout Indonesia. The data were collected using a questionnaire and indicators derived from existing measurement instruments. The data analysis, involving mediation and moderation analysis of direct and indirect relationships, was done using the structural equation model-partial least square (SEM-PLS). The results reveal that educational support and inspiration have a direct positive and significant relationship with opportunities for entrepreneurial intention. Further, educational support, relational support and structural support have a positive and significant impact on entrepreneurial intention through the mediation role of opportunities. Student intention in starting a business is closely related to various factors or variables that are mutually sustainable.

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The study was supported by a grant from the Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat (LPPM) Universitas Negeri Padang, Indonesia. The authors would like to thank Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian Masyarakat Universitas Negeri Padang for funding this work.

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  1. Department Guidance and Counseling, Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang, Indonesia

    Zadrian Ardi & Ade Herdian Putra

  2. Department of Family Welfare, Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang, Indonesia

    Asmar Yulastri

  3. Department of Electronics Engineering, Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang, Indonesia

    Hendra Hidayat

  4. Department of Electrical Engineering, Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang, Indonesia

    Ganefri Ganefri & Elfizon Elfizon

  5. Department of Tourism, Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang, Indonesia

    Yuliana Yuliana

  6. Department of Management, Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang, Indonesia

    Perengki Susanto

  7. Department of Educational Psychology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Chiedu Eseadi

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Ardi, Z., Yulastri, A., Hidayat, H. et al. Enhancing entrepreneurial intention through curriculum, risk awareness, optimism and opportunities: the mediating and moderating roles of entrepreneur inspiration and support. J. Soc. Econ. Dev. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40847-024-00339-3

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