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Self Efficacy Literature Review

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Analysis of the infuence of self-efcacy on entrepreneurial intentions, José Luis Martínez Campo
The article talks about how today entrepreneurship has become one of the most important part of growing economies, According to global entrepreneurship monitor entrepreneurship has a very important role in a country’s economy. It contributes in creation of new business opportunities in companies which already exist, also it leads to more investments in the local economy, create new jobs and increase competitiveness . The article gives examples of studies conducted by various authors and these studies prove that entrepreneurship is an important part of every economy and it plays a very important role in its growth. It also incubates new and innovative business forms.
The idea of entrepreneurship has been analysed from various criteria : one involves the knowledge and the individuals capability of recognizing …show more content…

ESE is a construct that measures a person’s belief in their ability to successfully launch an entrepreneurial venture [30]. Self-efficacy is useful since it includes personality as well as environ-mental factors, and is expected to be a strong predictor of entrepreneurial intentions. The author in the article further states his motive and the hypothesis of the study conducted. Which is “Hypothesis 1. Gender does not moderate the relationship between Entrepreneurial self-efcacy and entrepreneurial intentions.”
The author conducted the survey on 61 college graduates, the points of measure being : Gender, Entrepreneurial Self-efcacy, and Entrepreneurial intentions. The result shows that the gender specifically does not affect the interpleural intentions of the students but the self efficacy plays a very crucial role and is highly related to the enterpenural intentions of the

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