Exploring How Passion Shapes Entrepreneurial Intentions: The Mediating Role of Persistence and Resilience

This quantitative, cross-sectional study extends the existing literature by investigating the mediating roles of persistence and resilience in the relationship between entrepreneurial passion and entrepreneurial intentions. A total of ۳۰۰ agriculture students were selected using proportional stratified random sampling from two public universities in Afghanistan. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire, and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using Partial Least Squares (PLS-SEM) was employed to test the proposed hypotheses. The results showed that entrepreneurial passion is directly and positively associated with entrepreneurial intentions. Furthermore, persistence and resilience partially mediated this relationship. The findings contribute to a better understanding of how entrepreneurial passion fosters entrepreneurial intentions among students in fragile and resource-constrained environments. The study offers implications for educators and policymakers to design entrepreneurship education programs that promote emotional and psychological readiness for entrepreneurial action.

کلیدواژه ها:

Entrepreneurial mindset ، Psychological resources ، Startup intention theory of planned behavior ، university students