Research Article
The Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Orientation: The Impact of Knowledge Entrepreneurship on Entrepreneurial Intention
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.17-9-2024.2352970, author={Saidun Hutasuhut and Thamrin Thamrin and Hasyim Hasyim and Irwansyah Irwansyah}, title={The Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Orientation: The Impact of Knowledge Entrepreneurship on Entrepreneurial Intention}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Innovation in Education, Science, and Culture, ICIESC 2024, 17 September 2024, Medan, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICIESC}, year={2025}, month={1}, keywords={entrepreneurial intention entrepreneurial knowledge entrepreneurial orientation}, doi={10.4108/eai.17-9-2024.2352970} }- Saidun Hutasuhut
Thamrin Thamrin
Hasyim Hasyim
Irwansyah Irwansyah
Year: 2025
The Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Orientation: The Impact of Knowledge Entrepreneurship on Entrepreneurial Intention
ICIESC
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.17-9-2024.2352970
Abstract
Students in Indonesia still have poor entrepreneurial intents, and their attitude after graduation is to hunt for work rather than create their own businesses. This research tries to examine the role of entrepreneurial knowledge on entrepreneurial orientation and entrepreneurial intentions as well as the mediating role of entrepreneurial orientation. This quantitative research used an online survey of 261 students at the Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Medan. Smart-PLS was used to test the hypothesis and the Mann-Whitney test measures differences in entrepreneurial intentions and orientation among gender, educational background, experience and parental occupation. Research findings showed that entrepreneurial knowledge has a positive and significant role in entrepreneurial intentions. Entrepreneurial orientation has been proven to mediate the influence of entrepreneurial knowledge on entrepreneurial intentions. There were no differences in entrepreneurial intentions and orientations between genders and educational backgrounds, however there were differences between students with or without experience and parental employment.
