ABSTRACT

Relative to the research interest in the role of hospitality & tourism (H&T) entrepreneurship education (EE) in students’ entrepreneurial intentions (EI), less focus has been on the underlying mechanisms that explain the relationship between the two. Accordingly, based on the data collected from a sample of 113 H&T students in two waves of this research (15 months apart), this study examined the cross-lagged relations between students’ perceptions of the effectiveness of EE, their entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE), and their EI. In particular, we tested if ESE mediated the link between EE and EI. Cross-lagged analyses pointed to significant directional effects from students’ perceptions of the effectiveness of EE to ESE and EI, ESE to EI, but not vice versa. Also, results supported that the link between students’ perceptions of the effectiveness of EE to EI was mediated by ESE. Based on the results from this study, we draw several implications for the theory, practice, and research of entrepreneurship education.

摘要

相对于酒店与旅游业 (H&T) 创业教育 (EE) 在学生创业意向 (EI) 中的作用的研究兴趣，较少关注解释两者之间关系的潜在机制。因此，基于在两轮研究（相隔 15 个月）中从 113 名 H&T 学生样本中收集的数据，本研究考察了学生对 EE 有效性的看法与其创业自我效能之间的交叉滞后关系（ ESE），以及他们的 EI。我们特别测试了 ESE 是否介导了 EE 和 EI 之间的联系。交叉滞后分析表明，学生对 EE 有效性的看法对 ESE 和 EI、ESE 对 EI 的有效性有显着的方向性影响，但反之则不然。还，结果表明，学生对 EE 与 EI 有效性的看法之间的联系是由 ESE 调节的。根据这项研究的结果，我们对创业教育的理论、实践和研究得出了一些启示。