The impact of entrepreneurship education on tourism students’ entrepreneurial intention in South Africa

Ntshangase, Sibusiso D.; Ezeuduji, Ikechukwu O.

doi:10.1080/15313220.2022.2132343

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“…This result is in line with the recent study by Ntshangase and Ezeuduji (2020) who posits that ED enables individuals to acquire skills and knowledge for entrepreneurial competency. Furthermore, Ntshangase and Ezeuduji (2022), from the perspective of Shapero and Sokol's (1982) theory of entrepreneurial event (TEE) model, state that ED has a positive influence on EI. However, in practically speaking, the current study' findings suggest that a simple entrepreneurial education programme which is only based on teaching entrepreneurship meanings may not be sufficient to boost EIs among youths in King Cetshwayo District Municipality.…”

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“…This study employed the positivism research paradigm, as a statistical model is being developed. It is concerned with research hypotheses testing, generalises from sample to population, and uses large samples (Ntshangase & Ezeuduji, 2022). Due to the nature of the constructs investigated, this study was designed as a survey and employed a quantitative approach.…”

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Tourism Entrepreneurial Education and Intention Among Youths: A Case from KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa

Mhlongo,

Ntshangase,

Ikechukwu Onyekwere Ezeuduji

2024

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This paper explores the relationship between entrepreneurial education (ED) and youths’ entrepreneurial intention (EI) towards starting tourism businesses. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data. The study used purposive sampling method of the non-probability sampling design to select 400 youths living in different regions of the King Cetshwayo District Municipality (KCDM), KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. The methodology employed partial least squares - structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) using SmartPLS software version 4.0.8.5 to assess the relationships among the construct variables. The results show a significant positive relationship between entrepreneurial education and entrepreneurial intention. Recommendations are offered to the KCDM decision-makers (business support offices), National Youth Development Agency (NYDA), as well as Tourism KwaZulu-Natal to encourage youth entrepreneurship. South African higher education leaders and policymakers can benefit from these findings.

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Tourism Entrepreneurial Education and Intention Among Youths: A Case from KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa

Mhlongo,

Ntshangase,

Ikechukwu Onyekwere Ezeuduji

2024

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“…This study targeted tourism undergraduate students at a comprehensive institution in SA. The university in question is one of the few in the country that offer tourism qualifications at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels (Ntshangase & Ezeuduji, 2022). This university's geographical position can be described as "rural".…”

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The Perceptions of Tourism Students Towards Blended Learning: A Case From a Comprehensive University in South Africa

Ntshangase,

Mabaleka

2024

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This paper explores tourism students’ perceptions of blended learning (BL) and examines the correlations between BL statements, student academic performance (AP), and the level of satisfaction with blended courses (BCs). A questionnaire survey was used to collect data from 166 randomly selected tourism students in a comprehensive University in South Africa. For data analysis, IBM SPSS Statistics 29.0 (IBM Corporation, 2022) software was used. The results indicate that most tourism students had positive perceptions of BL based on their degrees of AP and satisfaction with the BC. Most tourism students claim that they are not comfortable completing assignments and taking assessments online. The results further reveal that students they are frequently disappointed with the assessment approach of online discussions. The study recommends that the university studied conduct a variety of reform programmes geared at strengthening tourism lecturers’ BL abilities (such as upgrading online assessment methodologies and lecture design). To encourage learning involvement, tourism lecturers could improve students’ perceptions of the BL platform in their instructional design. This will gradually improve tourism students’ low perceptions of BL, as identified in this study.

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“…Regarding the impact of Planned Behavior on entrepreneurial intention of tourism students, Mei et al (2016) reported statistically significant relationships between personal attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control and entrepreneurial intention. Other researchers revealed differences between subjective norms, personal attitudes and perceived behavioral control according to different personal variables such as family environment (Ehsanfar et al, 2021;Chaudhary, 2017) or gender (Butkouskaya et al, 2020) and educational level (Ntshangase & Ezeuduji, 2022). Attitudes refer to whether specific activities, such engaging in self-employment, are viewed favourably or poorly, and have a significant impact on entrepreneurial intention (Farooq et al, 2018;Al-Jubari et al, 2019;Al-Jubari et al, 2021;Phuc et al, 2022).…”

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Antecedents of entrepreneurial intention: A study on students from the tourism management department

Xanthopoulou

Alexandros

2023

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Undoubtedly, deciding to enter the business world is a challenging decision that is influenced by several factors. Some of them are cultural since they deal with widespread beliefs about entrepreneurial activity in a community at a certain time. Other factors are related to the entrepreneur’s personal characteristics. As young people in Greece are interested in starting their own businesses they interact with their peers around the world, mainly in Europe, for exchanging ideas, information and good practices, despite the cultural differences between the North and the South of Europe. This paper will address the issue of shaping an entrepreneur in Greece and the role of factors such as entrepreneurship education, personal characteristics, and social norms in his/her entrepreneurial intention. A sample of 143 students in the tourism department of a Greek University answered an online questionnaire at the end of the semester. Findings show that Personal Attitude (PA), Social Norms (SN) and Self-efficacy (SE) had a significant impact on the Entrepreneurial Intention (EI) of tourism students. The characteristics of those starting up businesses in the tourism sector will also be reviewed, and the consequences for policy makers will be examined to encourage new start-ups and increase the survival chances of the existing ones.

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The impact of entrepreneurship education on tourism students’ entrepreneurial intention in South Africa

Cited by 10 publications

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Tourism Entrepreneurial Education and Intention Among Youths: A Case from KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa

Tourism Entrepreneurial Education and Intention Among Youths: A Case from KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa

The Perceptions of Tourism Students Towards Blended Learning: A Case From a Comprehensive University in South Africa

Antecedents of entrepreneurial intention: A study on students from the tourism management department

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