This paper examines the direct and indirect roles of individual entrepreneurial orientation and entrepreneurship education in determining students’ entrepreneurial intention through the mediation of entrepreneurial motivations. The study also attempts to ascertain the influence of entrepreneurship education on individual entrepreneurial orientation. Cross-sectional data were collected from 323 university students using the convenience sampling method. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to assess the model fitness and the reliability and validity of the data while hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling. The findings affirm that entrepreneurship education facilitates both individual entrepreneurial orientation and entrepreneurial motivations and also has a positive association with entrepreneurial intention. More importantly, entrepreneurial motivations significantly mediate individual ‘entrepreneurial orientation–entrepreneurial intention’ and ‘entrepreneurship education–entrepreneurial intention’ relationships. The findings provide practical support for the framing of new educational policies to assist students in their existing and future entrepreneurial projects. The study contributes to the literature by recognizing the mediating effect of entrepreneurial motivations on the above relationships. It also adds to the scarce literature on the lately recognized individual entrepreneurial orientation construct.

本文考察了个体创业取向和创业教育在通过创业动机的中介来确定学生创业意向中的直接和间接作用。该研究还试图确定创业教育对个人创业取向的影响。使用便利抽样方法从323名大学生中收集横断面数据。验证性因子分析用于评估模型适用性以及数据的可靠性和有效性，同时使用结构方程模型检验假设。研究结果证实，创业教育既促进了个人创业取向和创业动机，也与创业意向成正相关。更重要的是，创业动机极大地调解了个人的“创业取向-创业意向”和“创业教育-创业意向”之间的关系。研究结果为制定新的教育政策提供了切实的支持，以帮助学生开展现有和未来的创业项目。该研究通过认识到企业家动机对上述关系的中介作用，为文献做出了贡献。这也增加了关于最近认可的个人创业取向结构的稀缺文献。研究结果为制定新的教育政策提供了切实的支持，以帮助学生开展现有和未来的创业项目。该研究通过认识到企业家动机对上述关系的中介作用，为文献做出了贡献。这也增加了关于最近认可的个人创业取向结构的稀缺文献。研究结果为制定新的教育政策提供了切实的支持，以帮助学生开展现有和未来的创业项目。该研究通过认识到企业家动机对上述关系的中介作用，为文献做出了贡献。这也增加了关于最近认可的个人创业取向结构的稀缺文献。