“INTENTIONS TOWARDS SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN INDIA”

Abstract

Social entrepreneurship is the aptitude to be a medium of change for several economic, social, environmental and political issues at domestic and international levels. It is assumed that revelation of youth towards social entrepreneurial theories and practices in institutions of higher education can mark this change.

The students in several universities outfitted with skills and knowledge that they acquired with the assistance of environment and environmental culture, while in quadrangle may assist them to determined social entrepreneurship as a carrier option after their main stream education. On this ground, the research aims to investigate the strata of social entrepreneurship and their intentions towards University students. A sample survey of 150 university students over the country was involving in this research. Factor analysis was applied to identify factors that impact intentions towards social entrepreneurship. Five factors which impact social entrepreneurship intentions were determined – entrepreneurial attitude, social entrepreneurship interest, entrepreneurship education, proactive personality and perceived behavioural control. Moreover methodology correlation analysis was regulated to explore the relationship between social entrepreneurship intentions factors. The conclusion were significant which signify that there was a favourable linear inter – factor association.