A conceptual development of entrepreneurial skills and entrepreneurial intentions: a case of IT employees in Pakistan
The purpose of this paper is to observe the effects of important factors affecting IT employees’ entrepreneurial intentions in Pakistan. Pakistan is a developing country and has a low rate of employment of young people.The basic issue is how to recognize the attraction of being self-employed inste...
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| author | Shabbir, Muhammad Salman Mohd Shariff, Mohd Noor Shahzad, Arfan |
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| description | The purpose of this paper is to observe the effects of important factors affecting IT employees’ entrepreneurial intentions in Pakistan. Pakistan is a developing country and has a
low rate of employment of young people.The basic issue is how to recognize the attraction of
being self-employed instead of seeking jobs.The literature reviews into concepts and conceptualizations of the theories and has offered a framework recognizing the problems and the research gap.The research design comprises of developing a hypothetical model with entrepreneurial skills as the exogenous variable to test the endogenous variable of entrepreneurial intentions. In addition, perceived behavioral control and stakeholders’ support system considered as mediating variables.The methodology used in this study is quantitative that contains a random sample from IT professionals working in Pakistan.The questionnaire is proposed for data collection and analyzed through SPSS version 18.0 and Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) 3.0. |
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| spelling | uum-207142017-01-22T07:38:26Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/20714/ A conceptual development of entrepreneurial skills and entrepreneurial intentions: a case of IT employees in Pakistan Shabbir, Muhammad Salman Mohd Shariff, Mohd Noor Shahzad, Arfan HB Economic Theory The purpose of this paper is to observe the effects of important factors affecting IT employees’ entrepreneurial intentions in Pakistan. Pakistan is a developing country and has a low rate of employment of young people.The basic issue is how to recognize the attraction of being self-employed instead of seeking jobs.The literature reviews into concepts and conceptualizations of the theories and has offered a framework recognizing the problems and the research gap.The research design comprises of developing a hypothetical model with entrepreneurial skills as the exogenous variable to test the endogenous variable of entrepreneurial intentions. In addition, perceived behavioral control and stakeholders’ support system considered as mediating variables.The methodology used in this study is quantitative that contains a random sample from IT professionals working in Pakistan.The questionnaire is proposed for data collection and analyzed through SPSS version 18.0 and Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) 3.0. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2016-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/20714/1/IJARBSS%202016%2065%2078.pdf Shabbir, Muhammad Salman and Mohd Shariff, Mohd Noor and Shahzad, Arfan (2016) A conceptual development of entrepreneurial skills and entrepreneurial intentions: a case of IT employees in Pakistan. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 6 (3). pp. 65-78. ISSN 2222-6990 http://hrmars.com/index.php/journals/archive_detail/IJARBSS/141 |
| spellingShingle | HB Economic Theory Shabbir, Muhammad Salman Mohd Shariff, Mohd Noor Shahzad, Arfan A conceptual development of entrepreneurial skills and entrepreneurial intentions: a case of IT employees in Pakistan |
| title | A conceptual development of entrepreneurial skills and entrepreneurial intentions: a case of IT employees in Pakistan |
| title_full | A conceptual development of entrepreneurial skills and entrepreneurial intentions: a case of IT employees in Pakistan |
| title_fullStr | A conceptual development of entrepreneurial skills and entrepreneurial intentions: a case of IT employees in Pakistan |
| title_full_unstemmed | A conceptual development of entrepreneurial skills and entrepreneurial intentions: a case of IT employees in Pakistan |
| title_short | A conceptual development of entrepreneurial skills and entrepreneurial intentions: a case of IT employees in Pakistan |
| title_sort | conceptual development of entrepreneurial skills and entrepreneurial intentions a case of it employees in pakistan |
| topic | HB Economic Theory |
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