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Religiosity and Islamic Entrepreneurial Intention: The Mediating Role of Islamic Entrepreneurial Motivation in Muslim Students
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Purpose – This study aims to analyze the effect of religiosity om islamic entrepreneurial intentions through islamic entrepreneurial motivation in Muslim students receiving the student entrepreneurship program.
Methodology - The research uses quantitative methods with data collection through online questionnaires. The research sample consisted of 100 Muslim students who received the entrepreneurship program at Surabaya State University. The analysis was conducted using the Partial Least Square-Structural EquationModel (PLS-SEM) method.
Findings - The results showed that religiosity, islamic entrepreneurial motivation had a significant positive effect on islamic entrepreneurial intention. Religiosity has a positive effect on islamic entrepreneurial motivation. In addition, islamic entrepreneurial motivation acts as a mediator that has a significant positive effect on the relationship between religiosity and islamic entrepreneurial intention. The result of this study provide insight for entrepreneurship program managers to strengthen student motivation and religiosity to increase islamic entrepreneurial intention. In addition, it can be used by policy makers to design more effective islamic entrepreneurship development programs by considering the role of religiosity and entrepreneurial motivation. This study fills a research gap regarding the role of religiosity in shaping islamic motivation and entrepreneurship, and offers a new perspective on the importance of islamic values in entrepreneurship among entrepreneurship program funding recipients.
Keywords: Islamic Entrepreneurial Intention; Islamic Entrepreneurial Motivation; Religiosity; PMW.
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