Entrepreneurial self-efficacy as a mediator in the relationship of proactive personality and entrepreneurial intention. Evidence from varsities graduates

Abstract

The objective of present study is to examine the relationship between proactive personality and entrepreneurial intention directly as well as indirectly through a mediator, entrepreneurial self-efficacy by using simple mediation model for the constructs. The population is final year students enrolled in business administration programs in public sector universities of Pakistan province. convenience sampling technique and an adopted questionnaire having Likert type scales are used. Hypotheses are tested using Pearson correlation and PROCESS model 4 by Preacher & Hayes (2013) used for mediation analysis. Results revealed that proactive personality is significantly positively related to entrepreneurial intention and entrepreneurial self-efficacy whereas entrepreneurial self-efficacy also partially mediates the relationship between proactive personality and entrepreneurial intention.