Marketing

Control (management)

Neuroscience

Theory of planned behavior

Statistics

Social psychology

East Asia

China

Longitudinal study

Pedagogy

Economics

Anthropology

Structural equation modeling

Nature versus nurture

Self-efficacy

Business

Entrepreneurship education

Psychology

Mathematics

Management

Entrepreneurship

Political science

Sociology

Finance

Perception

Journal of Education and Work

Drawing on the theory of planned behaviour, this study examines the direct and indirect effects of knowledge gained from a formal entrepreneurship education programme on an individual's entrepreneurial intentions (EI). It tracks the changes in students' entrepreneurial knowledge (EK), perceptions of desirability of, and self-efficacy in, engaging in entrepreneurship and the impact of those changes on students' EI upon completion of an entrepreneurship course. It uses longitudinal survey data of 245 business students in a Philippine university. Using cross-lagged panel method and partial-least squares-based structural equation modelling, the study builds and tests the measurement and structural models to examine the hypothesised interactions of EK, perceived desirability of, self-efficacy towards entrepreneurship, and EI. The findings underscore the importance of developing knowledge to nurture students' self-confidence and attitudinal propensity to engage in entrepreneurship.

Effects of entrepreneurial knowledge on entrepreneurial intentions: a longitudinal study of selected South-east Asian business students