Mediating Role of Cognitive Creativity in Connection with Technological Literacy and Social Entrepreneurship of Students

The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship model of social entrepreneurship and technology literacy with the mediating role of cognitive creativity in female students.

The current research was a descriptive-correlation research of SEM structural equation modeling. The statistical population of the research included all female students of Payam Noor University of Yazd in the academic year of 1400-1401. A sample of 300 people was selected by convenience sampling method. The questionnaires used in this research included information and communication technology literacy (Katz and McLean, 2007), Abedi's cognitive creativity (Ghanbari, 2013) and social entrepreneurship (Arab, 2015). Data were analyzed with AMOS and SPSS version 24 software and using Pearson correlation and path analysis.

The results showed that there is a significant relationship between technology literacy and social entrepreneurship of students, there is a significant relationship between cognitive creativity and social entrepreneurship, and there is a significant relationship between cognitive creativity and technology literacy. Also, the results of the path analysis showed that cognitive creativity plays a mediating role in the relationship between technology literacy and social entrepreneurship of students.

The results of the present study indicate the importance of the role of cognitive creativity in relation to technological literacy and social entrepreneurship. Based on this, empowering students in connection with cognitive creativity and improving and identifying students' creativity can be the application of the results of the present research in the field of social entrepreneurship.