The Role of Entrepreneurial Passion, Entrepreneurial Creativity and Self-Efficacy in Developing the Entrepreneurial Intention of Indonesian Students

Abstract

With the needs of creating entrepreneurs in Indonesia, the government encourages the people in Indonesia in becoming entrepreneurs. As a way to learn entrepreneurship, formal studies through university becomes one of the way in doing that. This study is created to investigate how the role of entrepreneurial passion and creativity work in affecting the students’ entrepreneurial intention. Another factor used in this research is the self-efficacy that works as the mediator from the entrepreneurial passion and creativity to the entrepreneurial intention. This research specifically focuses on Ciputra University students, seen as a potential incubator for entrepreneurs. Paper-based questionnaire is distributed to the entire sample and is using 5-point Likert-scale measurements. Data are analysed using the Partial Least Square. The result demonstrates that entrepreneurial passion and creativity have strong positive relationships towards the entrepreneurial intention. On the other hand, similar results do not appear when it goes from the both entrepreneurial passion and creativity mediated by self-efficacy towards the entrepreneurial intention. The findings advance the understanding of nascent entrepreneurship phenomenon within new undergraduate students of entrepreneurial-based university.