Entrepreneurial Intentions in Higher Education: The Role of Digital Technology, Entrepreneurship Training, and Student Adaptability

Abstract

This study aims to analyze and identify a model of the relationship between entrepreneurship training and digital technology on students' entrepreneurial intentions, with adaptability as an intervening variable. The research was conducted on students of the Faculty of Economics and Business at Makassar State University. The approach used in this study is a quantitative approach with a survey method. The research population consisted of students of the Faculty of Economics and Business at Makassar State University who have taken courses and programs related to entrepreneurship, with a total population of 2,550 students. The sample was determined using the Solving formula and proportional random sampling technique, resulting in a sample size of 346 respondents. Data were collected using questionnaires distributed through Google Forms. The collected data were then analyzed using Partial Least Squares–Structural Equation Modeling. (PLS-SEM technique) with the assistance of Smart PLS version 4 software. The results of the study indicate that (1) entrepreneurship and digital technology training have a significant effect on students' adaptive capacity, (2) entrepreneurship and digital technology training have a significant effect on students' entrepreneurial intentions, (3) adaptive capacity has a significant effect on students' entrepreneurial intentions, and (4) entrepreneurship and digital technology training have a significant effect on entrepreneurial intentions through adaptive capacity as an intervening variable.