TY - JOUR
T1 - Does green entrepreneurial behavior enhance through entrepreneurship education, perceived-ability to use technology, and commitment to environment? Understanding the contribution of entrepreneurial motivation and university support
AU - Li, Yaofu
AU - Mohd Nordin, Nur Rasyidah
AU - Akhter, Shamim
AU - Kumar, Tribhuwan
AU - Shaheen, Musarat
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - In a time of environmental destruction, global warming, and continuous rise in the earth’s temperature, Green Entrepreneurship has emerged as a potential solution through which ecological, economic, and social sustainability can be attained. Hence the current is operationalized in order to understand the contribution of Entrepreneurial Motivation (MOT) and University Support (SUP) in enhancing Green Entrepreneurial Behavior (BEH) powered by Entrepreneurship Education (EDU), Perceived-ability to use Technology (TEC), and Commitment to Environment (CMT). On the dataset of 487 students from Chinese education institutions, the application of PLS-SEM reported significant and positive associations among the proposed hypotheses. Precisely, EDU, TEC, and CMT are reported to enhance the level of SUP, MOT, and BEH, whereas the role of SUP and MOT in enhancing BEH is also reported. Based on the findings, there are different managerial implications that the current study has proposed.
AB - In a time of environmental destruction, global warming, and continuous rise in the earth’s temperature, Green Entrepreneurship has emerged as a potential solution through which ecological, economic, and social sustainability can be attained. Hence the current is operationalized in order to understand the contribution of Entrepreneurial Motivation (MOT) and University Support (SUP) in enhancing Green Entrepreneurial Behavior (BEH) powered by Entrepreneurship Education (EDU), Perceived-ability to use Technology (TEC), and Commitment to Environment (CMT). On the dataset of 487 students from Chinese education institutions, the application of PLS-SEM reported significant and positive associations among the proposed hypotheses. Precisely, EDU, TEC, and CMT are reported to enhance the level of SUP, MOT, and BEH, whereas the role of SUP and MOT in enhancing BEH is also reported. Based on the findings, there are different managerial implications that the current study has proposed.
KW - commitment to environment
KW - entrepreneurial motivation
KW - entrepreneurship education
KW - green entrepreneurial behavior
KW - Green entrepreneurship
KW - university support
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85143361711&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/1331677X.2022.2153375
DO - 10.1080/1331677X.2022.2153375
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85143361711
SN - 1331-677X
VL - 36
JO - Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja
JF - Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja
IS - 3
M1 - 2153375
ER -