The Impact of College Students’ Creativity on Their Innovation Behavior in the “Internet +” Era: The Mediating Role of Creative Self-Efficacy

Abstract

Social progress is driven by innovation; especially, in the context of “Internet +” innovation and entrepreneurship, college students serve as a frontier group that brings new ideas and new technologies into society, and as such college students’ creativity and innovation behavior are important for their country’s future social and economic development. Therefore, China vigorously advocates the cultivation of college students’ innovative ability to meet the needs of the development of the times. Determining the key factors currently influencing innovation behavior by college students is an area of current research interest. Building on the literature, this study uses the questionnaire survey method to analyze data from 226 college students relating to creativity, innovation behavior, and creative self-efficacy, exploring the mechanisms by which the students’ creativity affects their innovation behavior in the context of “Internet +” innovation and entrepreneurship. The results show that creativity has a significant positive effect on innovation behavior among college students and that creative self-efficacy plays a mediating role in this relationship.

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Retracted: The Impact of College Students’ Creativity on Their Innovation Behavior in the “Internet +” Era: The Mediating Role of Creative Self-Efficacy

“…Security and Communication Networks has retracted the article titled "Te Impact of College Students' Creativity on Teir Innovation Behavior in the "Internet +" Era: Te Mediating Role of Creative Self-Efcacy" [1] due to concerns that the peer review process has been compromised. Following an investigation conducted by the Hindawi Research Integrity team [2], signifcant concerns were identifed with the peer reviewers assigned to this article; the investigation has concluded that the peer review process was compromised.…”