Analyzing the effect of the learning environment in entrepreneurship courses on entrepreneurial intention considering the mediating role of students’ attitudes toward business

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1 Department of Public Administration, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Department of Business Administration, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

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The present research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of the learning environment in entrepreneurship courses on entrepreneurial intention with regard to the mediating role of students' attitude towards business. This research is based on the purpose of applied type and in terms of survey method. The statistical population consisted of 127 graduate students of management and entrepreneurship at Razi University. Based on the census sampling method, all students were selected as samples. The data collection tools were standard questionnaires of learning environment in entrepreneurship courses, entrepreneurial intention and students' attitude towards business. The validity of the questionnaires was confirmed by using the opinions of experts in the field of management and their reliability through Cronbach's alpha. The data were analyzed using structural equation model and Smart PLS4 software. The research findings showed that at the error level of 0.05, the learning environment in entrepreneurship courses has a positive and significant effect on students' attitude towards business and their entrepreneurial intention. The results showed that students' attitude towards business has improved their entrepreneurial intention. The findings showed that the learning environment has a significant effect on entrepreneurial intention indirectly and through strengthening the variable of students' attitude towards business (P-value = 0.03, γ = 0.230). Providing a learning environment for entrepreneurship courses can provide the basis for the development of entrepreneurial abilities and with the positive effect it has on the entrepreneurial attitude of students, it strengthens the entrepreneurial intention in them.

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