The Relationship Between Research On Entrepreneurial Self-efficacy And Entrepreneurial Intentions

Since enterpreneurship had far-reaching influence on the economic development, entrepreneurship study has been a focal multi-disciplinary research domain in recent years. Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (ESE) is one of the essential factors affecting enterpreneurship. But in China studies on ESE especially about undergraduate enterpreneurship are seldom carried out in extant researches, neither were systemmatic analysis frequently adopted. The main purpose of the thesis is to discuss the construct of ESE and the affective factors, to explore the relationship between ESE and entrepreneurial intention , and investigate the effects of ESE on the entrepreneurial intention.Based on the related theories home and aboard, the thesis built theoretical model among ESE, influencing factors and entrepreneurial intention. It raised several hypotheses, then tested our theory model and hypotheses by interview study and questionnaire survey, using statistic softwares like SPSS. It finds that the ESE construct consists of five core dimensions; the relationship between total ESE and entrepreneurial intention is positive; personal and environment affects ESE most; ESE plays an intermediary role in the relationship of entrepreneurial traits, environment and entrepreneurial intention.The results further made the role of ESE clear in the entrepreneurial field. At the same time, the findings also introduced new ideas into the entrepreneurship education and provided a proposal for college students' self-efficacy, which helps enhance students' entrepreneurial intention to start business and provide more jobs.