Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Mohagegh Ardabili University

2 University of Mohaghegh Ardabili

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to the prediction of entrepreneurial intention university students based on psychological capital and career adaptability. The method of this study is correlational. The statistical population of this study comprised all of Mohaghegh Ardebili university student in 2018 academic year, that among this population, by using cluster random sampling, 243 samples were select. For data collection luthans, youssef, avolio psychological capital questionnaire, savickas career path adaptability questionnaire and liñán, rodríguez, rueda-cantuche entrepreneurial intention questionnaire were used. Data were analyzed using Pearson’s correlation coefficient and regression analysis. The result showed that there exists a significant positive relationship between psychological capital and its components (self-efficiency, hope, optimism, resiliency) and career adaptability and its components (concern, control, curiosity, confidence) with entrepreneurial intention. Also, the results of the regression analysis revealed that the %20 of the variance of entrepreneurial intention can be explained by psychological capital and career adaptability. Therefore, it can be concluded that the psychological capital and career adaptability may be taken into account as one of the important factors leading entrepreneurial intention, which requires planning and attention.

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