The effect of entrepreneurial intention and autonomy on self-employment: does technical and vocational educations and training institutions support matters?

Tesfaye Leta Tufa ()
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Tesfaye Leta Tufa: Parul University

Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research, 2021, vol. 11, issue 1, 551-561

Abstract: Abstract To address self-employment with entrepreneurship, there are various forms of financial and non-financial motivations that influence entrepreneurial intentions and autonomy towards self-employment. In consideration of this, the study investigates the influence of entrepreneurial intention and autonomy on self-employment under different levels of technical and vocational educations and training institution’s support. To meet this aim, the study used both descriptive and explanatory research design and analyzed the data collected from 124 sample respondents using descriptive and hierarchical regression analysis. From this, the finding shows that the extent of entrepreneurial intention and autonomy were not at a good level, while they significantly influence self-employment. Similarly, human capital development improves the influence of entrepreneurial intentions on self-employment. Therefore, technical and vocational educations and training colleges should focus more on human capital development in improving self-employment. Moreover, future research should test the influence of specific variables such as technical and vocational educations and training institutions support flexibility and entrepreneurship training as determinants of self-employment.

Keywords: Intention; Autonomy; Self-employment; TVET; Entrepreneurial (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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