The Influence of Culinary Skills on Work Motivation and Its Influence on Entrepreneurial Intentions for Students in the Culinary Arts Study Program

Abstract

The research aims to explain the impact of culinary skills on the motivation for entrepreneurial activities and desires of culinary students. This quantitative research method involved 114 students. An illustration basic on Morgan was obtained which was corrected by Warwich and Lininger, resulting in 101 students. Testing assumptions using Structural Equation Modeling with Partial Least Squares. The results are; (1) culinary skills have a direct and important influence on the desire for entrepreneurship as shown in T-statistics 27, 224 and sig 0.000; (2) culinary skills have a direct and important influence on entrepreneurial desires in T-Statistics 11, 529 and sig 0,000; ( 3) Encouragement of activity has a direct and important influence on the desire for entrepreneurship with T-Statistics 5, 004 and sig 0, 000; ( 4) culinary skills influence indirectly on the desire for entrepreneurship through encouragement of activity on T - Statistics 5.410 and sig 0.000. This research shows that culinary skills have a huge impact on entrepreneurial desires, whereas activity encouragement is a good bridge in mediating the impact of culinary skills on entrepreneurial desires. It is recommended that to increase the desire for entrepreneurship in culinary students, they need to practice culinary skills and encourage activities.