A study on the impact of entrepreneurship support program on entrepreneurial efficacy, entrepreneurial competency, and entrepreneurial will

This study empirically analyzed whether entrepreneurship experience activities implemented as various irregular activities such as entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurship club activities, which are taught as regular coursework and awarded credits in universities, actually have a real effect on college students’ entrepreneurship efficacy, entrepreneurial competency, and entrepreneurial will. The results of the study showed that, first, entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial experience activities had a positive effect on both entrepreneurship efficacy and entrepreneurial competency. Second, both entrepreneurship efficacy and entrepreneurial competency had a positive effect on entrepreneurial will. Third, among entrepreneurship support programs, entrepreneurship activity support was found to have an effect on entrepreneurial will. Fourth, among entrepreneurship support programs, entrepreneurship efficacy had a partial mediating effect on the relationship between entrepreneurship competency support and entrepreneurial will, and entrepreneurial competency had a partial mediating effect on the relationship between entrepreneurship support programs and entrepreneurial will. Based on the results of this study, in order to increase college students' entrepreneurial will, it is necessary to improve the quality of entrepreneurship support programs and seek various methods, and to provide sufficient support for innovation in entrepreneurship education and various direct entrepreneurial activities that can increase entrepreneurial efficacy and entrepreneurial competency.