This study analyses the importance of the entrepreneurial intention of university students to promote social change by green entrepreneurship in regard to the three most vibrant components of AMO (Ability, Motivation, and Opportunity) theory, developed by the partial least square structural equation model (PLS-SEM). The entrepreneurial intention among students is identified via a deductive approach and this approach is developed using a PLS-SEM. The literature exploited and the methodology used comprise a full exploratory analysis technique to collect empirical data to find the predictor variables that influence the promotion of social changes connected to the mediating variable of green entrepreneurship. The survey data were collected from a total of 302 respondents through survey questionnaires from the students. The data were examined statistically to demonstrate the hypotheses predicted from the literature review. The outcomes of the hypothesis association showed that AMO theory influences the predictor variables of skills, incentives, and entrepreneurship education, and that these skills are statistically significant and accepted towards green entrepreneurship. However, the importance of a green entrepreneurship strategy is influenced by the entrepreneurial intention that encourages the promotion of social change. Therefore, the present study helps researchers to find the structural relationship between different wings connecting AMO theory with the entrepreneurial intention that incurs and develops sustainable business performance to create jobs, instead of searching for jobs. Secondly, this study also indicates a mixed approach where participants can openly discuss their opinion and understanding. Ultimately, this study encourages the use of the covariance-based structural equation model (CB-SEM) by confirming its theory, and testing the confirmatory factor analysis in particular.

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The relevance of the research is related to the fact that the psychological safety of persons with disabilities is the leading characteristic that determines its developmental nature. The research objective was to study students’ opinions about the capabilities and abilities of citizens with disabilities and to form a tolerant attitude towards them, and hence their social and psychological safety. The research was carried out on the basis of the Voronezh State Industrial and Humanitarian College (Russian Federation), in which 1,000 people took part (among them 38% were boys and 62% were girls). Methods: survey, Spearman correlation analysis, principal component analysis, and semantic analysis. At the stage of the ascertaining experiment, the problem of the psychological safety of persons with disabilities is partially covered. The analysis of experimental data obtained from the survey showed that at the time of the survey, 51.5% of the respondents by gender (23% – men, 28.5% – women) treated persons with disabilities as ordinary, recognising their skills, dignity, and abilities. The results of the factor analysis revealed the main factor "tolerant attitude towards persons with disabilities", which does not depend on age, gender, and place of residence. As a rule, this attitude is formed as a result of communication with them. All respondents intend to "treat persons with disabilities as people with (special) needs, not with disabilities, and create all conditions for their psychological and social safety".

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Представлены результаты анкетного опроса, проведенного в октябре 2018 г. на территории Воронежской области в рамках государственной программы Воронежской области «Доступная среда» по заказу Воронежского областного реабилитационного центра для инвалидов молодого возраста при участии Воронежского государственного промышленногуманитарного колледжа. Целью опроса являлось изучение мнения населения области о возможностях и способностях граждан, имеющих инвалидность и формирование к ним толерантного отношения. Анкета включала 6 вопросов, связанных с получением информации о гендерно-возрастных характеристиках респондентов, а также их местожительстве, образовании, наличия у респондентов опыта общения с инвалидами, наличия у респондентов друзей среди инвалидов. 5 вопросов анкеты были связаны с особенностями восприятия здоровыми людьми граждан с ограниченными возможностями здоровья: отношение к людям, имеющим инвалидность, желание безвозмездно помочь им, отношение к их трудоспособности и оценке качества безбарьерной среды, созданной для инвалидов. Результаты анализа данных показали, что люди, относящиеся к инвалидам как к обычным людям, считают, что они более успешно могут включаться в трудовую деятельность на обычных предприятиях, или учиться в учебных заведениях, а те, кто имеет ежедневный опыт общения с инвалидами, как правило, дружат с ними и готовы прийти им на помощь.