Provide and validate the model of entrepreneurial self-efficacy in higher education (Case study: Sistan and Baluchestan University)

Entrepreneurship is a process that plays a vital role in sustaining national growth and development and even the global economy. One of the effective factors in entrepreneurship is self-efficacy, which is a vital element in the field of entrepreneurship. In this regard, the present study was conducted with the aim of presenting and validating the model of entrepreneurial self-efficacy in higher education. The present study is an applied research that has been done by mixed method. It is also a cross-sectional survey in terms of method and time of data collection. The statistical population of the qualitative section includes 16 experimental and theoretical experts in the field. In the quantitative part, the views of 384 students of Sistan and Baluchestan University (1300-1400) have been used. The data collection tool was a semi-structured interview and a researcher-made questionnaire. For data analysis, content quality analysis method with MAXQDA software, structural-interpretive modeling with MICMAC software and partial least squares with SMART PLS software were used. The results showed that the effect of educational content on entrepreneurial education with a value of 0.590 and t-statistic was 5.283 and the effect of educational support component on entrepreneurial education with a value of 0.511 and t-statistic of 5.021 was confirmed. Entrepreneurial training was effective on technical skills with a value of 0.855 and t-statistic of 9.871 and also the effect of perceptual skills on entrepreneurial self-efficacy with a value of 0.439 and t-statistic of 3.074 was confirmed. The effect of technical skills on entrepreneurial self-efficacy with a value of 0.388 and a t-statistic of 2.605 and the effect of entrepreneurial self-efficacy on entrepreneurial intention with a value of 0.749 and a t-statistic of 7.44 were also confirmed.