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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE ENTREPRENEURIAL SELFEFFICACY AND ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION

47 Pages : 364-370

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).47      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).47      Published : Jun 2019

Emotional Intelligence, Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy and Entrepreneurial Intention

    Current study is an attempt to highlight the connection of emotional intelligence with entrepreneurial intention directly as well as indirectly by taking in account entrepreneurial selfefficacy as a mediator. A sample of 352 final year business administration students from different universities (public sector) of KP, Pakistan is taken by the researcher. Questionnaire is used as data collection instrument whereas measures are adopted from previous literature for measuring present study variables. Reliability analysis for scale reliability, correlation analysis for testing relationships of variables and PROCESS macros (model # 4) for mediation analysis is employed by the researcher to get results. Results depicts a significant positive relationship among study variables. Researcher also find out that self-efficacy (entrepreneurial) mediates the association of entrepreneurial intention with emotional intelligence among final year business administration students.

    (1) Tufail Nawaz
    Lecturer, Department of Business Administration, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Aziz Javed
    Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Aman Ullah
    Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
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    APA : Nawaz, T., Javed, A., & Ullah, A. (2019). Emotional Intelligence, Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy and Entrepreneurial Intention. Global Social Sciences Review, IV(II), 364-370. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).47
    CHICAGO : Nawaz, Tufail, Aziz Javed, and Aman Ullah. 2019. " Emotional Intelligence, Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy and Entrepreneurial Intention." Global Social Sciences Review, IV (II): 364-370 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).47
    HARVARD : NAWAZ, T., JAVED, A. & ULLAH, A. 2019. Emotional Intelligence, Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy and Entrepreneurial Intention. Global Social Sciences Review, IV, 364-370.
    MHRA : Nawaz, Tufail, Aziz Javed, and Aman Ullah. 2019. " Emotional Intelligence, Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy and Entrepreneurial Intention." Global Social Sciences Review, IV: 364-370
    MLA : Nawaz, Tufail, Aziz Javed, and Aman Ullah. " Emotional Intelligence, Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy and Entrepreneurial Intention." Global Social Sciences Review, IV.II (2019): 364-370 Print.
    OXFORD : Nawaz, Tufail, Javed, Aziz, and Ullah, Aman (2019), " Emotional Intelligence, Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy and Entrepreneurial Intention", Global Social Sciences Review, IV (II), 364-370
    TURABIAN : Nawaz, Tufail, Aziz Javed, and Aman Ullah. " Emotional Intelligence, Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy and Entrepreneurial Intention." Global Social Sciences Review IV, no. II (2019): 364-370. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).47