A Relationship between Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education and Entrepreneurial Intentions among Students: A Developing Country�s Perspective

Abstract

This paper aims to empirically examine the causal relationship between sustainable entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intention amongst undergraduates. The paper investigates how the outcome of an effective entrepreneurial education system- attitude, skills and knowledge affects the intention of university undergraduates to building a career in entrepreneurship. The study was conducted in Enugu state, Nigeria among university undergraduates. The structural model and the hypotheses were tested using partial least square-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) approach in SmartPLS M2.0 software. The current study reveals that all the proposed determinants bear positive relationships with entrepreneurial intention in varying degrees. Also, entrepreneurial knowledge was found to have a direct impact on entrepreneurial attitude. Thus, to reduce dependence on paid employment and reduce the rate of graduate unemployment among youths requires that their attention should be moved towards entrepreneurship by forming the right attitude, acquiring necessary skills and having requisite knowledge about the importance of entrepreneurship in building economies and growing societies.