The role of personality traits, entrepreneurship education and self-efficacy as mediating effect on the entrepreneurial intention.

  • Nosheena Yasir School of Economics and Management, Northwest University, Xi’an, 710127 Shaanxi, P.R. China.
  • An Liren School of Economics and Management, Northwest University, Xi’an, 710127 Shaanxi, P.R. China.
  • Nasir Mahmood School of Management Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, 710072 Shaanxi, P.R. China.
  • Hafiz Shakir Mehmood. School of Electronics Engineering, Xidian University (University of Electronic Science and Technology), Xi’an, 710071 Shaanxi, P.R. China.
Keywords: personality traits, entrepreneurship education, self-efficacy, entrepreneurial intention, need for achievement

Abstract

The objective of the study is to evaluate the role of personality traits, business education and self-efficacy as a mediating effect on business intention. 43.7% believed that the idea of entrepreneurship is fascinating to start their own business one day, 57.0% said they will develop their own business if they have an opportunity; 56.3% believe that they possess leadership skills that are required for an entrepreneur; 50.4% said they can find a solution most of the time, and 57.3% believe that the entrepreneurship program improves their understanding in the creation of modern ideas.

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Published
2019-03-01