Research on effects of entrepreneurial education and self-efficacy on finance students’ entrepreneurial intention in Hanoi city: A SMART-PLS 4.0 approach

The study aims to explore the effects of entrepreneurial education and self-efficacy on the entrepreneurial intentions of financial students through the intermediaries of entrepreneurial attitudes and entrepreneurial mindset within universities in Hanoi City, Vietnam - an emerging economy in Southeast Asia. A questionnaire survey was conducted to collect data from 170 financial students across five universities. The collected data were analyzed using structural equations - specifically the partial least squares technique. The results indicated that financial students’ entrepreneurial intention is directly impacted by entrepreneurial education, self-efficacy, attitudes, and mindsets. Our findings revealed that entrepreneurial education impacts entrepreneurial intentions through the intermediary of an entrepreneurial mindset. The findings are useful for universities and governments in developing countries seeking to enhance young people’s entrepreneurial intentions by implementing entrepreneurial education.