The role of self-efficacy and entrepreneurial self-efficacy on the entrepreneurial intentions of graduate students : a study among Omani graduates
Pappusamy Udayanan
Objective: The objective of this research is to study the entrepreneurial intention of Omani graduate students by introducing self-efficacy as a mediating variable in Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT). Research Design & Methods: Two hundred and sixty-three Omani graduate students were surveyed using a self-administered questionnaire. An entrepreneurial intention model was developed and tested using AMOS. Findings: The results revealed that the effect of self-efficacy on the entrepreneurial intention of graduate students was fully mediated by entrepreneurial self-efficacy. At the same time, the direct effect of self-efficacy on entrepreneurial intention was not established. Implications & Recommendations: The research informs policymakers and academicians in Oman to develop sustainable entrepreneurship courses to nurture entrepreneurship based on the measures of self-efficacy and entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Contribution & Value Added: This research contributes to the Social Cognitive Career Theory by including entrepreneurial self-efficacy as a mediating variable, thus providing a new scope with the study of entrepreneurial intention among Omani graduate students.
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2019
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Authors: | Udayanan, Pappusamy |
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Entrepreneurial business and economics review : EBER. - Kraków : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 2353-8821, ZDB-ID 2776188-5. - Vol. 7.2019, 4, p. 7-20
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Subject: | entrepreneurial intention | entrepreneurial self-efficacy | self-efficacy | Omani graduates | Studierende | Students | Unternehmensgründung | Business start-up | Entrepreneurship | Entrepreneurship approach | Persönlichkeitspsychologie | Personality psychology | Absolventen | Graduates | Selbstevaluation | Self-assessment | Gründungsausbildung | Entrepreneurship education | Karriereplanung | Career development | Motivation | Akademiker | University graduates |
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Type of publication: | Article |
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Type of publication (narrower categories): | Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 10.15678/EBER.2019.070401 [DOI] |
Classification: | L26 - Entrepreneurship |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012515827
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