Strategies for enhancing entrepreneurial intention and wellbeing in higher education students: a cross-cultural analysis
Strategies for enhancing entrepreneurial intention and wellbeing in higher education students: a cross-cultural analysis
Entrepreneurs play a crucial role in fostering innovation and fuelling economic growth. China has recently sought to increase entrepreneurial intention in university students by providing entrepreneurship education based on the model deployed by universities in Western cultures. Additionally, a longstanding challenge for universities has been the wellbeing of their students. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated this issue, leading to enhancing the wellbeing of university students being declared a global priority. Consequently, by drawing on a framework of conservation of resources theory, the purpose of this paper is to conceptually develop and empirically validate a model for enhancing entrepreneurial intention and wellbeing in university students. The data were collected in December 2022 and January 2023. A total of 952 undergraduate students completed the questionnaire, with 476 responses from China and 476 from the UK. Findings indicate (i) positive associations between self-perceived academic performance and individual entrepreneurial intention, whereby self-perceived employability mediates the relationship, (ii) positive associations between serious leisure and wellbeing, whereby self-perceived employability mediates the relationship, and (iii) the country moderates the association between (a) serious leisure and wellbeing, and (b) serious leisure and self-perceived employability, whereby the association is stronger for China than for the UK. The theoretical contribution comes from constructing and empirically validating a model, evidencing alignment and divergence by country concerning acquiring specific personal resources via self-perceived academic performance, serious leisure, and self-perceived employability. Practical and policy implications arise from suggesting how higher education institutions can support their students to enhance individual entrepreneurial intention and wellbeing.
Academic performance, Entrepreneurial Intentions, Self-perceived employability, Serious leisure, Wellbeing, Serious Leisure, Entrepreneurial Intention, Self-Perceived Employability, Academic Performance
Donald, William E.
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Mouratidou, Maria
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Nimmi, P.M.
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Ma, Yin
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Donald, William E.
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Mouratidou, Maria
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Nimmi, P.M.
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Ma, Yin
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Donald, William E., Mouratidou, Maria, Nimmi, P.M. and Ma, Yin
(2023)
Strategies for enhancing entrepreneurial intention and wellbeing in higher education students: a cross-cultural analysis.
Higher Education.
(doi:10.1007/s10734-023-01133-6).
Abstract
Entrepreneurs play a crucial role in fostering innovation and fuelling economic growth. China has recently sought to increase entrepreneurial intention in university students by providing entrepreneurship education based on the model deployed by universities in Western cultures. Additionally, a longstanding challenge for universities has been the wellbeing of their students. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated this issue, leading to enhancing the wellbeing of university students being declared a global priority. Consequently, by drawing on a framework of conservation of resources theory, the purpose of this paper is to conceptually develop and empirically validate a model for enhancing entrepreneurial intention and wellbeing in university students. The data were collected in December 2022 and January 2023. A total of 952 undergraduate students completed the questionnaire, with 476 responses from China and 476 from the UK. Findings indicate (i) positive associations between self-perceived academic performance and individual entrepreneurial intention, whereby self-perceived employability mediates the relationship, (ii) positive associations between serious leisure and wellbeing, whereby self-perceived employability mediates the relationship, and (iii) the country moderates the association between (a) serious leisure and wellbeing, and (b) serious leisure and self-perceived employability, whereby the association is stronger for China than for the UK. The theoretical contribution comes from constructing and empirically validating a model, evidencing alignment and divergence by country concerning acquiring specific personal resources via self-perceived academic performance, serious leisure, and self-perceived employability. Practical and policy implications arise from suggesting how higher education institutions can support their students to enhance individual entrepreneurial intention and wellbeing.
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Accepted/In Press date: 17 October 2023
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Funding Information: partial financial support was received from the University of Cumbria, UK, and from the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [21lzujbkyjh011].
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Academic performance, Entrepreneurial Intentions, Self-perceived employability, Serious leisure, Wellbeing, Serious Leisure, Entrepreneurial Intention, Self-Perceived Employability, Academic Performance
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