STUDENT ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETENCES IN INDUSTRIAL ERA 4.0: EVIDENCE IN INDONESIA HIGHER EDUCATION

Abstract

This study investigates the entrepreneurial competence of students in the industrial era 4.0, by exploring several variables which driven to the student entrepreneurial success. These variables including entrepreneurship education, social support, achievement motivation, and entrepreneurial competence as a research model development that produces theoretical and practical implications. This research analysis method uses of quantitative analysis through statistical Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The sample used was 392 student respondents from State Universities in Surabaya. The results showed that there was a significant effect of entrepreneurship education, social support and achievement motivation on entrepreneurial competence in the industrial era 4.0 although there was no influence of social support on entrepreneurial competence through entrepreneurship education. Additional evidence shows that achievement motivation has the greatest positive influence on the entrepreneurial competence of students in the industrial era 4.0. The results of the study become a contribution and reference references for the policy direction of the importance of entrepreneurship education, as well as to encourage entrepreneurial educators and practitioners in increasing knowledge that can increase the achievement of student entrepreneurial competence in future.