Determinants of Business Graduates Intention to Become an Entrepreneur: A Study of Business Graduates in Pakistan
Abstract
Entrepreneurship has been focus of economist since the first corporation was incorporated. Economists showed interest in entrepreneurship as economic activity for development of economy. They persistently study various aspects of the economy and try to understand how it affects national economic growth. Investment is one of the most important indicators of any economy. Entrepreneurship is rich resource for investment activity, resulting in improving national economy. Moreover, investment as an indicator for economic growth and investment can be brought through entrepreneurial environment. To induce such environment this research, explore the determinants that affects graduates’ entrepreneurial intention to become an entrepreneur. The operational determinants in this research which act as independent variable are Personal attitude, Subjective norms Entrepreneurial education and self-efficacy.References
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