Assessing The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education and Personal Traits On Adoption of Entrepreneurial Career

Abstract

This research is mainly concerned with the significance of entrepreneurship education in the life of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship has gained a significant place in the recent debate and discourse on education. Previously it was promoted to ensure economic development but the recent shift in technological advancement, globalization, and the emergence of complex relationships has led to recognition of its ultimate importance in education. With recent growth and development in the curriculum and courses of study devoted to entrepreneurship, there has been a huge devotion both in the United States and Europe towards the education of entrepreneurship. Today entrepreneurship education has been recognized by many universities throughout the world. For this purpose, a survey empirical investigation is conducted to study the relationship of entrepreneurial education and personal traits including the need for achievement risk-taking and selfcon$den c.'e with entrepreneurial capacity along with mediation of entrepreneurial attitude. A sample was collected from 150 entrepreneurs with the help of business incubation centers in Islamabad. Data was analyzed with SEM (Structural Equation Modeling) using Smart PLS software. According to the results, entrepreneurial education, need for achievement, risk_taking and self-confidence are positively related to entrepreneurial capacity and entrepreneurial attitude mediates this relationship. However, the strongest impact on the entrepreneurial capacity was of the self-con$dence of entrepreneurs