Career Decisions and Opportunity Recognition as The Predictors of Entrepreneurial Intention
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The process of entrepreneurship has a significant reputation for the career-related choice gained by innovation and risk-taking. The present study proposes to investigate the career decisions, opportunity recognition (ORN) and entrepreneurial intention (EIN) levels among university students studying sports sciences in Pakistan. The present study explores the EIN of young adults greatly associated to their career decisions and recognizes opportunism. The study employed cross-sectional data collected throughout Pakistan using a survey questionnaire. In total, 282 valid samples are utilized for concluding the investigation. By applying the path analysis through AMOS, the findings suggest a positive and significant effect of career decisions [(conscious career decisions (CCD) and blind career decisions BCD] on EIN among sports science students. Irrespective of this, environmental factors (ENFs) have an insignificant impact on EIN. The outcomes of a research study may provide guidelines for policymakers and universities’ authorities to accomplish and support the career development of students and accomplish the potential career catastrophes relating to the significant facts of unemployment issues and unemployed young adults. Moreover, the study would also assist the students in recognizing their career opportunities to tackle the unemployment trends. Further, the effect of ORN on EIN is also found to be positive and significant.
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