Document Type : Original Article

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1 MA Student, sport Management, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Sports Management, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.

3 Associate Professor, Department of Sports Management, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.

10.22051/sbj.2024.47730.1173

Abstract

Purpose: This research aimed to investigate the effect of entrepreneurial climate on the entrepreneurial intention of students of physical education colleges in Yazd province with the mediating role of creative thinking.
Design/methodology/approach The current research was based on path and correlation analysis methods; the statistical population was male and female students of physical education schools in Yazd province (314 people). The statistical sample was considered a whole, and 172 questionnaires were analyzed based on Morgan's table. The data were collected using Abbaspour's entrepreneurial climate (2019), Linan et al.'s (2011), and Hani's creative thinking (2009) questionnaires. Data were analyzed using spss26 and PLS3 software at a significance level 0.05.
Findings The research findings showed that creative thinking has a mediating role in the effect of entrepreneurial climate on entrepreneurial intention in students of physical education colleges in Yazd province, with a path coefficient of 2.907. Entrepreneurial climate significantly and directly affects students' entrepreneurship intention at a significance level of 0.05 by 16.7%. Creative thinking significantly and directly affects students' entrepreneurship intention at a significance level of 0.05 and 12.0%. Entrepreneurial climate significantly and directly affects the student's imaginative thinking at a significance level of 0.05 by 10.7%.
Originality. Can people in an entrepreneurial climate become creative and decide to be an entrepreneur? This research has addressed the relationship between entrepreneurial climate, innovative thinking, and entrepreneurial intention.

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