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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2016.17.1.493

A Study on Effect of the University Student's Entrepreneurship on Entrepreneurial Self-efficacy and Entrepreneurial Intention : Focusing on Mediating Effect of Opportunity Recognition  

Kang, Jae-Hac (Department of Venture Management, Graduate School of Venture, Hoseo University)
Yang, Dong-Woo (Department of Venture Management, Graduate School of Venture, Hoseo University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.17, no.1, 2016 , pp. 493-507 More about this Journal
Abstract
The aim of this study was to re-verify the importance of opportunity recognition as a mediating factor and add the entrepreneurial self-efficacy, which is recognized as another key factor that triggers start-up activities with the entrepreneurial intention, as a dependent variable. For this reason, in this study, 373 university students in Seoul, Gyeonggi-do Province, Inchon, were surveyed and analyzed empirically. The results of the study was as follows. First, the entrepreneurship partially affects the entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention. Second, the mediating effect of opportunity recognition between the entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and between entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial intention was verified.
Keywords
Entrepreneurship; Opportunity Recognition; Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy; Entrepreneurial Intention;
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