The Relationship Analysis of Entrepreneurial Interests: Entrepreneurial Literacy, Self-Eficacy, and Entrepreneurial Characters Vocational Students

Abstract

Entrepreneurship is one of the supporting factors that determine the economic turbulence in Indonesia because in the field of entrepreneurship itself has the freedom to work and independently. The purpose of this paper is to explain the direct and indirect effect of entrepreneurial literacy and self-efficacy on entrepreneurial interest in State Vocational School students at City of Parepare. The population is the vocational students who had followed industrial employment practices. The number of samples is 246 students. This study uses a quantitative approach to the type of explanatory research (explanatory research). It uses data collection techniques, namely questionnaires. The analytical tool used is SEM (Structural Equation Modeling). The results showed that (1) Entrepreneurial literacy, self-efficacy, and entrepreneurial character directly influence the interest of entrepreneurship in State Vocational School students in the City of Parepare. Indirectly, entrepreneurial literacy and self-efficacy influence entrepreneurial interest through the entrepreneurial character of students of State Vocational School in the City of Parepare.

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