The Effect of Entrepreneurship Education and Opportunity Recognition On Entrepreneurial Intention Mediated by Entrepreneurial Skills in Double Track Program Students in Lamongan Regency
Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Education, Oppurtunity Recognition, Entrepreneurial Intention, Entrepreneurial Skill
Abstract
Indonesia is a developing country with the fourth largest population in the world, thus having enormous human resource potential. However, this potential has not been fully utilised because many high school graduates do not continue their education, work, or participate in training. One way to prepare high school students in Lamongan Regency to face these challenges is through entrepreneurship education, which is expected to strengthen skills, recognise opportunities, and foster entrepreneurial intent. The research method used is the Structural Equation Model (SEM) approach based on Partial Least Square (PLS). Data analysis techniques use descriptive statistics. The results of the analysis show that: (1) The results of the study indicate that there is a positive and significant effect of entrepreneurial education on entrepreneurial skills, (2) The results of the study indicate that there is no positive and significant effect of opportunity recognition on entrepreneurial skills, (3) The results of the study indicate that there is a direct positive and significant effect of entrepreneurial education on entrepreneurial intention. (4) The results show that there is a direct positive and significant effect between the variables of opportunity recognition and entrepreneurial intention, (5) The results show that there is a direct positive and significant effect of entrepreneurial skills on entrepreneurial intention, (6) The results show that entrepreneurial education has an effect on entrepreneurial intention through entrepreneurial skills. (7) The results show that opportunity recognition does not have an effect on entrepreneurial intention through entrepreneurial skills. The results of this study are expected to encourage schools to strengthen the implementation of entrepreneurial education by providing more practical activities, such as business projects, business incubation programmes, or collaboration with local MSMEs
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Fayolle, A., & Gailly, B. (2015). The impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial attitudes and intentions: A meta-analytic study. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 21(5), 699-716
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Ho, L., Chua, C., & Weng, J. (2022). Entrepreneurship education and its impact on entrepreneurial skills and intentions: A review and future research directions. Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, 25(4), 1-17
Karimi, S., Biemans, H. J. A., Lans, T., Chizari, M., & Mulder, M. (2016). The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education: A Study of Iranian Students’ Entrepreneurial Intentions and Opportunity Identification. Journal of Small Business Management, 54(1), 187–209.
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Miao, C. (2015). VCU Scholars Compass Individual Traits and Entrepreneurial Intentions : The Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy and Need for Cognition.
Nabi, G., Holden, R., & Walmsley, A. (2017). Entrepreneurship education: A systematic review of the literature. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 23(6), 1-33Ngoc Khuong, M., & Huu An, N. (2016). The Factors Affecting Entrepreneurial Intention of the Students of Vietnam National University — A Mediation Analysis of Perception toward Entrepreneurship. Journal of Economics, Business and Management, 4(2), 104–111.
Olutuase, S. O., Brijlal, P., & Yan, B. (2023). Model for stimulating entrepreneurial skills through entrepreneurship education in an African context. Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 35(2), 263-283.
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Saptono, A., & Najah, S. (2018). Development of an assessment instrument of affective domain x Education, 21(4), 1-12.
Saptono, A., & Najah, S. (2018). Development of an assessment instrument of affective domain for entrepreneurship in senior high school. Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, 21(4), 1-12.
Shahzad, M. F., Khan, K. I., Saleem, S., & Rashid, T. (2021). What factors affect the entrepreneurial intention to start-ups? The role of entrepreneurial skills, propensity to take risks, and innovativeness in open business models. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity, 7(3), 173.
Shirokova, G., Osiyevskyy, O., & Bogatyreva, K. (2021). Entrepreneurship education and intention to start a business: A review of the literature. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 27(3), 546-567
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Wach, K., & Wojciechowski, L. (2016). Entrepreneurial intentions of students in Poland in the view of Ajzen’s theory of planned behaviour. Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, 4(1), 83–94
Zampetakis, L. A., Gotsi, M., Andriopoulos, C., & Moustakis, V. (2011). Creativity and Entrepreneurial Intention in Young People. The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 12(3), 189–199.
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Published
2025-09-22
How to Cite
Arif, S., Fulgentius Danardana Murwani, & Heny Kusdiyanti. (2025). The Effect of Entrepreneurship Education and Opportunity Recognition On Entrepreneurial Intention Mediated by Entrepreneurial Skills in Double Track Program Students in Lamongan Regency. International Journal of Technology and Education Research, 3(03), 616-637. https://doi.org/10.63922/ijeter.v3i03.2300
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