Analyzing the Impact of Project-Based Learning on Student Entrepreneurship Readiness: A Structural Equation Modeling and Statistical Analysis in Higher Education

Asmar Yulastri - Universitas Negeri Padang, Indonesia
Ganefri Ganefri - Universitas Negeri Padang, Indonesia
Feri Ferdian - Universitas Negeri Padang, Indonesia
Elfizon Elfizon - Universitas Negeri Padang, Indonesia


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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30630/joiv.7.4.02457

Abstract


The study aimed to examine the influence of entrepreneurial passion, entrepreneurial literacy, role model inspiration, and self-efficacy on entrepreneurship readiness among higher education students and the role of the project-based learning model implementation as a moderator variable. The population in the study were students in higher education in Indonesia who had taken entrepreneurship courses. Data from 313 valid respondents were analyzed against the research model using the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling. The findings revealed that entrepreneurial passion, entrepreneurial literacy, and role model inspiration were found to positively influence self-efficacy as well as entrepreneurship readiness among students in higher education. Unpredictably, the moderator project-based learning models’ implementation was shown to have an insignificant effect on the influence of entrepreneurial passion, entrepreneurial literacy, and role model inspiration toward entrepreneurship readiness among students in higher education. The findings of this study provide several important theoretical and practical implications for entrepreneurship readiness among students in higher education.  higher education in Indonesia who had taken entrepreneurship courses. Data collected from 313 valid respondents were analyzed against the research model using the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling. The findings revealed that entrepreneurial passion, entrepreneurial literacy, and role model inspiration were found to positively influence self-efficacy as well as entrepreneurship readiness among students in higher education. Unpredictably, the moderator project-based learning models’ implementation was shown to have an insignificant effect on the influence of entrepreneurial passion, entrepreneurial literacy, and role model inspiration toward entrepreneurship readiness among students in higher education. The findings of this study provide several important theoretical and practical implications for entrepreneurship readiness among students in higher education.

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entrepreneurial passion; entrepreneurial literacy; role models inspiring; self-efficacy; entrepreneurship readiness.

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