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An Empirical Study of Entrepreneurial Intentions


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In the present paper, a model of psychological factors that influence the individual intentions for entrepreneurship is developed and tested. According to this model the intentions of an individual, whether to go for a business or not is determined by six variables which are discussed in this paper. The model was tested on 131 respondents who were all university students. Venture creation or the willingness to take risk for development of a business based on innovations business model have always been essential drivers of human development. This paper confirms previous researches and adds new insights to the existing literature.

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Entrepreneurship, Intentions, Venture Creation.
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Authors

Afshan Yousuf Khan
Kashmir University, Jammu & Kashmir, India

Abstract


In the present paper, a model of psychological factors that influence the individual intentions for entrepreneurship is developed and tested. According to this model the intentions of an individual, whether to go for a business or not is determined by six variables which are discussed in this paper. The model was tested on 131 respondents who were all university students. Venture creation or the willingness to take risk for development of a business based on innovations business model have always been essential drivers of human development. This paper confirms previous researches and adds new insights to the existing literature.

Keywords


Entrepreneurship, Intentions, Venture Creation.

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