Authors : Muhammad Rakib; Nur Halim; Agus; Dian Anugrah Sanusi

Volume/Issue : Volume 10 - 2025, Issue 11 - November

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Abstract : This study aims to analyze the effect of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurship by involving self-efficacy and entrepreneurial skills as intervening variables in students in South Sulawesi Province. The research approach used is quantitative with the Partial Least Square (PLS) analysis method through SmartPLS 4 software. The study population consisted of students of entrepreneurship study programs from several universities in South Sulawesi, with a sample size of 239 respondents obtained through accidental sampling techniques. The results show that entrepreneurship education has a positive and significant effect on entrepreneurial skills and entrepreneurial self-efficacy. In addition, entrepreneurial skills and self-efficacy also have a positive and significant effect on students' entrepreneurial readiness. Meanwhile, the direct effect of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial readiness was relatively small, but still significant. This finding indicates that the influence of entrepreneurship education on students' entrepreneurial readiness occurs more dominantly through the mediating role of entrepreneurial self-efficacy and skills. Overall, the results of this study confirm that Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy is the most powerful mediating variable in bridging the influence of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial readiness. The implications of this study demonstrate the importance of strengthening psychological aspects and practical skills in the entrepreneurship education curriculum to improve students' readiness for independent and sustainable entrepreneurship.

Keywords : Education Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy, Skills Entrepreneurship, Readiness Entrepreneurship.

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