Impact Of Entrepreneurial Skills And Family Occupation On Entrepreneurial Intentions

This study is based on Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior; it is an attempt to identify the role of entrepreneurial skills on the individuals’ intention to choose self-employment, instead of looking for an organizational employment. Theory of planned behavior has remained often braced in the pitch o...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Shoaib, Farooq, Norizan, Jaafar, Kartinah, Ayupp, Maimoona, Salam, Yasir Hayat, Mughal
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Language:English
Published: Publications International Lahore 2016
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12761/
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author Muhammad Shoaib, Farooq
Norizan, Jaafar
Kartinah, Ayupp
Maimoona, Salam
Yasir Hayat, Mughal
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Norizan, Jaafar
Kartinah, Ayupp
Maimoona, Salam
Yasir Hayat, Mughal
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description This study is based on Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior; it is an attempt to identify the role of entrepreneurial skills on the individuals’ intention to choose self-employment, instead of looking for an organizational employment. Theory of planned behavior has remained often braced in the pitch of entrepreneurship. Though, very petite is yet to known about the role of personal entrepreneurial skills and entrepreneurial intention. Aim of this study is to get an insight of the existence and reach of the effects of entrepreneurial skills on the entrepreneurial intentions. To explore in the deep avenues of entrepreneurial intention an empirical analysis is conducted on a sample of 205 fresh graduates. Researcher used the structural equation modelling to test the hypothesis of this study. Findings of the study generally confirmed previous studies, since Entrepreneurial skills play a substantial role in entrepreneurial intention. Further implication may be devised in several more areas, especially for entrepreneurial education.
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spelling unimas-127612022-02-08T02:05:49Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12761/ Impact Of Entrepreneurial Skills And Family Occupation On Entrepreneurial Intentions Muhammad Shoaib, Farooq Norizan, Jaafar Kartinah, Ayupp Maimoona, Salam Yasir Hayat, Mughal H Social Sciences (General) This study is based on Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior; it is an attempt to identify the role of entrepreneurial skills on the individuals’ intention to choose self-employment, instead of looking for an organizational employment. Theory of planned behavior has remained often braced in the pitch of entrepreneurship. Though, very petite is yet to known about the role of personal entrepreneurial skills and entrepreneurial intention. Aim of this study is to get an insight of the existence and reach of the effects of entrepreneurial skills on the entrepreneurial intentions. To explore in the deep avenues of entrepreneurial intention an empirical analysis is conducted on a sample of 205 fresh graduates. Researcher used the structural equation modelling to test the hypothesis of this study. Findings of the study generally confirmed previous studies, since Entrepreneurial skills play a substantial role in entrepreneurial intention. Further implication may be devised in several more areas, especially for entrepreneurial education. Publications International Lahore 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12761/1/Muhammad%20Shoaib.pdf Muhammad Shoaib, Farooq and Norizan, Jaafar and Kartinah, Ayupp and Maimoona, Salam and Yasir Hayat, Mughal (2016) Impact Of Entrepreneurial Skills And Family Occupation On Entrepreneurial Intentions. Science International (Lahore), 28 (3). pp. 3145-3148. ISSN 1013-5316
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
Muhammad Shoaib, Farooq
Norizan, Jaafar
Kartinah, Ayupp
Maimoona, Salam
Yasir Hayat, Mughal
Impact Of Entrepreneurial Skills And Family Occupation On Entrepreneurial Intentions
title Impact Of Entrepreneurial Skills And Family Occupation On Entrepreneurial Intentions
title_full Impact Of Entrepreneurial Skills And Family Occupation On Entrepreneurial Intentions
title_fullStr Impact Of Entrepreneurial Skills And Family Occupation On Entrepreneurial Intentions
title_full_unstemmed Impact Of Entrepreneurial Skills And Family Occupation On Entrepreneurial Intentions
title_short Impact Of Entrepreneurial Skills And Family Occupation On Entrepreneurial Intentions
title_sort impact of entrepreneurial skills and family occupation on entrepreneurial intentions
topic H Social Sciences (General)
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12761/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12761/1/Muhammad%20Shoaib.pdf