Correlation of Students' Self-efficacy, Adaptability and Entrepreneurial Intention
The current study is an investigation of the correlation between students’ Self-efficacy, adaptability and Entrepreneurial Intention. For appropriate results and understand the phenomena; a descriptive research method was used. Previous entrepreneurial aptitude scale of the author was used for data collection from seven universities of Punjab and Islamabad territory of Pakistan. 3rd and 4th semesters’ students (MBA and M.Sc Economics) and 7th and 8th semesters’ students (BBA honor and BS Economics) of management science and economics departments were selected. Total 560 questionnaires were randomly distributed in respondents out of which 493 were returned with in scheduled period. Data examined by the Factor analysis, T-test, ANOVA, correlation tests in SPSS-20. Results revealed that students’ SE, adaptability and EI are highly correlated with each- others.
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Students, Selfefficacy, Adaptability, Entrepreneurial Intention
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(1) Naeem Ullah
Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Education, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Muhammad Shakir
Lecturer, Department of Educational Training,The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Jam Muhammad Zafar
Assistant Professor, Department of Teachers Education, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan.
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.
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Emotional Intelligence, Entrepreneurial Intention, Entrepreneurial SelfEfficacy, University Students, Mediation
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(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.