Critical factors identification and prediction of tourism and hospitality students' entrepreneurial intention

Abstract

In accordance with the increasing attention in entrepreneurship among tourism and hospitality students, this study aims to discover whether entrepreneurial education may influence the entrepreneurial intention of students. A total of 668 tourism and hospitality students were used to test our Hypothesis. The findings support the positive impact of education on entrepreneurial intentions. In addition, empirical training is the leading factor in the formation of entrepreneurial intention, while theoretical enhancement is an important moderating factor. Furthermore, it was confirmed that social worth and risk-taking can strengthen the formation of entrepreneurial intention.