Organizational Support and Self-Employment Intentions of Professional and Technical Students in India: Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship among organizational (university) support, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and self-employment intentions of professional and technical education students in India. SPSS AMOS 22 was used for testing the direct relationships among organizational support, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and self-employment intentions, and the indirect relationship between organizational support and self-employment intentions through entrepreneurial self-efficacy. This study shows that the relationship between organizational support─entrepreneurial self-efficacy, organizational support─self-employment intentions, and entrepreneurial self-efficacy─self-employment intentions is found to be positive and significant. Furthermore, results confirm that the relationship between organizational support and self-employment intentions is fully mediated by entrepreneurial self-efficacy.