Iranian Journal of Engineering Education

Ideation and Entrepreneurial Intention: The Roles of Responsibility for Change, Risk Taking, and the Moderating Effect of ChatGPT Adoption

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Document Type : Scientific - Research

Authors

Vajihe Saraj 1
Amineh Zivari 2
Mehdi Khayatan 3
Seyedeh Raziyeh Ravanbakhsh 1
Morteza Akbari 3
Kamal Sakhdari 4

1 Department of Technological Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Entrepreneurship Development , Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

3 Department of Technological Entrepreneurship , Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

4 Department of Corporate Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

10.22047/ijee.2025.531202.2181
Abstract
Abstract: In recent years, scholars have paid increasing attention to the factors shaping higher-education graduates’ orientation toward entrepreneurship. Strengthening such tendencies promotes the discovery and creation of opportunities; the exploitation of these opportunities, in turn, seeds further opportunities and new ventures. Against this backdrop, the present study examines how felt responsibility for change (FRCC) and risk propensity influence students’ entrepreneurial intention through ideation, and whether ChatGPT adoption moderates these relationships. The study population comprised students at the University of Tehran; using convenience sampling, 215 students were approached, and 208 complete and analyzable questionnaires were obtained. Data were collected via a standardized instrument employing a five-point Likert scale. Findings indicate that ideation, as a key factor, exerts a direct and positive effect on students’ entrepreneurial intention. Moreover, risk propensity, FRCC, and ChatGPT adoption each significantly enhance students’ ideation. Furthermore, ChatGPT adoption also strengthened the relationship between risk propensity and ideation, and had a positive and significant effect on the relationship between sense of responsibility for change and idea generation.These results underscore the importance of cultivating psychological attributes alongside the judicious use of AI tools to foster entrepreneurship among the new generation.

Keywords

Sense of Responsibility for Change
Ideation
Risk-Taking Propensity
Entrepreneurial Intention
ChatGPT

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Iranian Journal of Engineering Education

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 30 October 2025

  • Receive Date 24 June 2025
  • Revise Date 30 October 2025
  • Accept Date 30 October 2025
  • First Publish Date 30 October 2025
  • Publish Date 30 October 2025

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