Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Business Education Students’ Green Entrepreneurial Intention: Does Green Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy Matters?

Abstract

Encouraging sustainable entrepreneurial practices becomes essential in a society where environmental degradation and ecosystem depletion due to entrepreneurial exploitation are on the rise. The current study looked into how, in Edo State, green entrepreneurial self-efficacy (GESE) mediated the relationship between green entrepreneurial intention (GEI) and sustainable entrepreneurship (SE). Four hypotheses were formulated and tested at the significance level of 0.05. A correlational survey research design was used in the study. The study's population consisted of all 382 business education students from Ambrose Alli University in Ekpoma and the University of Benin. The convenience sampling technique was used in selecting a sample of 285 students. The Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Self-Efficacy and Green Entrepreneurial Intention Questionnaire (SESEGEIQ) was the tool utilized. Two professionals validated the instrument. After the instrument was given to thirty business education students at Delta State University, Abraka, who were not parts of the sample, the reliability coefficient of the instrument, as determined by Cronbach's alpha, was found to be .85. A straightforward linear regression analysis was used to examine the responder data. The findings revealed that sustainable entrepreneurship and green entrepreneurial self-efficacy were significant predictor of business education students’ green entrepreneurial intention in Edo State. The finding also revealed that green entrepreneurial self-efficacy is a significant predictor of business education students’ green entrepreneurial intention. The finding further revealed that green entrepreneurial self-efficacy mediates the relationship between sustainable entrepreneurship and green entrepreneurial intention in Edo State. This study has made significant contribution to knowledge as it was able to establish the mediating role of GESE in the relationship between SE and GEI among business education students in Nigeria. Based on the findings, it was recommended that the teaching and learning of sustainable entrepreneurship should be emphasized across the nation’s tertiary education level.

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