Self-Efficacy as a Mediator of Entrepreneurial Intention Among Economics and Business Students in West Jakarta

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10.2991/978-94-6239-670-8_19How to use a DOI?

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Entrepreneurship Education; Entrepreneurial Mindset; Self Efficacy; Entrepreneurial Intention

Abstract

By 2025, Indonesia recorded over one million jobless individuals holding university degrees, marking the worst unemployment spike for this demographic in the last four years [4]. Such an alarming figure highlights a severe mismatch: fresh graduates often lack the practical and technical competencies required by modern industries [13]. Encouraging university students to engage in entrepreneurial activities is widely considered a potential solution to this issue. Therefore, the present research evaluates how learning about business and having an entrepreneurial way of thinking shape a student’s desire to open a venture. Specifically, it examines whether self-efficacy functions as a mediating variable in this relationship among business and economics students in West Jakarta. A quantitative method utilizing a causal-conclusive framework was applied. Through a purposive non-probability sampling strategy, 142 active scholars from Tarumanagara University, Trisakti School of Management, and Bina Nusantara University were selected. All participants had previously completed an entrepreneurship course. Information was gathered via digital surveys and processed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) via SmartPLS 4. The results indicate that formal business lessons strongly and positively build a student’s entrepreneurial mentality, their self-confidence, and their drive to establish a startup. In the same way, an entrepreneurial mindset significantly increases both self-efficacy and the motivation to become a business owner. Moreover, high self-efficacy directly leads to a stronger intention to start a business venture. Ultimately, self-belief functions as a partial mediator that connects both classroom learning and proactive thinking to the final goal of venture creation.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Steffany Chintia
AU  - Nur Hidayah
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/05/13
TI  - Self-Efficacy as a Mediator of Entrepreneurial Intention Among Economics and Business Students in West Jakarta
BT  - Proceedings of the fourteenth International Conference on Entrepreneurship and Business Management 2025 (ICEBM 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 226
EP  - 235
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-670-8_19
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6239-670-8_19
ID  - Chintia2026
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