Authors : Dr. B. Dhana Lakshmi

Volume/Issue : Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 3 - March

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7789354

Abstract : India with diversed culture and tradition experience changes in all field, education is not an exception. With the changing educational policies, and pattern of education in both school and college made people to think in global scenario. Education is the one of the platforms to remove unemployment problem and also can provide employability skills among the young generation. On this ground the researchers have made an attempt to study the level of influence of factors contributing to the entrepreneurial intention among commerce students. A sample of 120 women students who are pursuing their under graduate and post graduate in commerce, in a city women college. In recent times colleges started realizing the importance of entrepreneurial skill among their students. The data were collected through a standardized questionnaire with the help of Google form. This study validated the different factors such as entrepreneurial education, self efficacy, parent’s occupation and college environment on the entrepreneurial intention of the women commerce students. The results proved that there is an influence of the entrepreneurial education, self efficacy, parent’s occupation and college environment on their entrepreneurial intention. The findings of the study will definitely provide insights and inputs for the policy makers and educational institutions to frame a suitable policies and pedagogical interventions

Keywords : Entrepreneurial Education, Entrepreneurial Intention, Self Efficacy, Parent’s Occupation.