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The importance of creativity and self-efficacy in enterprise education

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|Oct 2025

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Figure 1:

Final Structural Model noting direct effects and explained variances.
Final Structural Model noting direct effects and explained variances.

Figure 2:

Final Structural Model noting the bootstrap estimates.
Final Structural Model noting the bootstrap estimates.

Effect Sizes and Predictive Ability of the Model (Bootstrapped)

R SquareR Square AdjustedQ2
Entrepreneurial Intentions0.3740.3670.337
Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (time one)0.5260.5230.271
Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (time two)0.5650.5550.362

Reliability and Convergent Validity (Bootstrapped)

Itemλtλ2αCRAVE
Individual Creativity 0.8380.8420.524
I often have new and innovative ideas.IC100.84515.3790.71
I like to come up with creative solutions to problems.IC110.7312.1580.53
I like to search out new technologies, processes, techniques and/or product ideas.IC30.5365.7340.29
I am a good source of creative and innovative ideas.IC40.83118.6160.69
I think I show creativity when given the opportunity toIC80.6028.050.36
Entrepreneurial Self Efficacy (Time one) 0.8740.8760.643
Successfully identifying new business opportunitiesESE10.8218.3960.67
Creating new productsESE20.9125.270.83
Thinking creatively in businessESE30.80518.8830.65
Commercialising an idea or new developmentESE40.648.3580.41
Entrepreneurial Self Efficacy (Time two) 0.9180.9190.741
Successfully identifying new business opportunitiesRESE10.92631.8090.86
Creating new productsRESE20.86225.0890.74
Thinking creatively in businessRESE30.87527.2050.77
Commercialising an idea or new developmentRESE40.76212.9880.58
Enterprise Module Satisfaction 0.8880.8920.674
My experience of the module made me more enterprisingEEI10.83814.3310.70
My experience of the module made me more entrepreneurialEEI20.87512.0450.77
I was satisfied with the module in generalEEI30.83311.4060.69
I enjoyed working with my team during the moduleEEI40.7136.1360.51

Final Bootstrapped Results

PathSample MeanOriginal SampleTp (Sig.)
Individual Creativity (Generation) → Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (time one)0.6360.72512.337***0
Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (time two) → Entrepreneurial Intentions0.5380.5609.818***0
Creativity Training → Module Satisfaction0.4910.5138.224***0
Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (time one) → Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (time two)0.4080.2985.625***0
Creativity Training → Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (time two)0.2870.2794.904***0
Individual Creativity (Generation) → Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (time two)0.3050.4384.267***0
Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (time two) → Module Satisfaction0.2560.2023.871***0
Entrepreneurial Experience → Entrepreneurial Intentions0.2030.3153.701***0

Specific Indirect Effects for Study of Entrepreneurial Intentions and Module Interest

PathSample MeanTp (Sig.)
Individual Creativity (Generation) → Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (time one) → Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (time two)0.2595.106***0
Creativity Training → Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (time two) → Entrepreneurial Intentions0.1554.352***0
Individual Creativity (Generation) → Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (time one) → Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (time two) → Entrepreneurial Intentions0.144.217***0
Individual Creativity (Generation) → Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (time two) →
Entrepreneurial Intentions0.1643.977***0
Individual Creativity (Generation) → Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (time one) → Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (time two) → Module Satisfaction0.0663.239***0.001
Creativity Training → Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (time two) → Module Satisfaction0.0742.763**0.006
Individual Creativity (Generation) → Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (time two) → Module Satisfaction0.0792.638**0.008
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijm-2024-0012 | Journal eISSN: 2451-2834 | Journal ISSN: 1649-248X
Language: English
Page range: 107 - 119
Submitted on: Jun 13, 2024
Accepted on: Jan 15, 2025
Published on: Oct 7, 2025
Published by: Irish Academy of Management
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

© 2025 Roisin Lyons, Ciarán Mac an Bhaird, Eoghan McConalogue, published by Irish Academy of Management
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