The Mediating Efeects of Entrepreneurial Education Towards Antecedents of Entrepreneurial Intention Among Undergraduate Students

Abstract

The dramatic rose numbers of graduated students from higher education institutions cause unemployment issues among youth inMalaysia. Therefore, the entrepreneur indicated as one of the overcome determinants to against this issue. This study intended to identify the factors that influence entrepreneurial intention among undergraduate students among University Malaysia Kelantan since University Malaysia Kelantan is an entrepreneurial university. A total of 370 undergraduate students selected randomly, and all responses were collected by an online questionnaire. Furthermore, all data were proceeded by SmartPLS software. The finding showed that attitude, entrepreneurial education, and perceived behavioral control directly affect entrepreneurial intention, whereas subjective norms and attitudes have positively significant towards entrepreneurial educations. However, entrepreneurial education does not mediate effect in this study. Therefore, this study provides several benefits for higher institutions, public, and government organizations.