Model Confirmation through Qualitative Research: Social Support System toward Entrepreneurial Desire

Abstract

Entrepreneurial world is trying their best level to attract university graduates across the world. Indonesian culture is still very colonial view that the status of employment is more respectable than being an entrepreneur. In addition, people often perceive that a university degree is much better and more important than a person's ability or skill. In fact, the skill is very much needed to support a person's life economically, instead of looking for a university degree first then searching the skill or capability.

The Influence of Social Support on Entrepreneurial Inclination among Business Students in Indonesia

“…Social Support: Much of the literature on entrepreneurship refers to social support as a potential entrepreneur's beliefs and expectations about the assistance and advice that he/she may receive from his/her social groups (Rani, 2012;Sahban, Kumar, & Sri Ramalu, 2014). These social groups include primary groups, such as parents, siblings,and spouse; and secondary groups, such as reference groups, comprising friends, colleagues and teachers.…”

Factors Influencing E-Entrepreneurial Intention among Female Students in Saudi Arabia

“…Perceived support comes from the social context that female undergraduate students can avail, in the present case in landscape (Zhao, et al, 2005). Scholars detected that apart from psychological attributes and inclinations of individuals, skills, abilities, and social context also influence entrepreneurial intentions; also environmental influences and environmental support -support from the peers and family -are a major causative factor behind entrepreneurial intention (Danish & Smith, 2012Sahban, et al, 2014. Hence, perceived social support (PSS) from family and peers has been identified as a having significant influence towards developing or restricting entrepreneurial capability among females, especially at the stage when they are planning or initiating some new business venture (Robb and Coleman, 2010;Molino et al, 2018).…”

“…At later stages, social support has been identified as a key factor behind the success of females (Danish & Smith, 2012). Sahban, Kumar and Ramalu (2014) list emotional, esteem, instrumental, informational, and work support as elements of perceived social support (PSS), while family, peergroups, and society as agencies of PSS in their exploratory study. Farooq et al, (2018) and Farrukh et al, (2017) found that PSS has a recognizable influence on entrepreneurial intention and has been reckoned as one of the key indicators for predicting entrepreneurial intentions.…”

Gender stereotype perception, perceived social support and self-efficacy in increasing women's entrepreneurial intentions

“…(2005). In this study, the definition of perceived social support from Sahban et al. (2014) is people's beliefs and expectations about advice, guidance, and assistance from social groups.…”

“…Sarason et al (1987) defined social support as the intensity of an individual's attachmentbased interactions with friends and family. In general, social support relates to a person's views and expectations concerning the advice, guidance, and assistance obtained from their social group (Sahban et al, 2014), which can increase their self-efficacy. Perceived social support is associated with entrepreneurship, the process through which an entrepreneur captures the significance of social objects, social (human) aspects, and environmental challenges (Mathur and Nihalani, 2012).…”