2016
DOI: 10.6007/ijarafms/v6-i2/2048
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Determinants of Entrepreneurial Skills set in Pakistan: A Pilot Study

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to assess the reliability and validity of entrepreneurial skills set construct developed by Smith and Eichholz (2008). The survey approach was used to collect response through 40 usable questionnaires from IT employees in Punjab as one of the largest populated province of Pakistan. The study adopted the stratified random sampling method for data collection. Then, reliability and validity of the instrument were assessed through experts from academia and industry and also from small … Show more

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“…The skills in managing cattle were handled traditionally and passed as a local wisdom of the island. This result was in line with a research conducted by Shabbir (2016) that small scale entrepreneurs required a good managerial skill in order to be survived. The skill belongs to the farmers or farmers also must be accompanied by business competition and entrepreneurship for being success (Phelan & Sharpley, 2012).…”
Section: Effects Of Entrepreneurship Characteristics Onsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…The skills in managing cattle were handled traditionally and passed as a local wisdom of the island. This result was in line with a research conducted by Shabbir (2016) that small scale entrepreneurs required a good managerial skill in order to be survived. The skill belongs to the farmers or farmers also must be accompanied by business competition and entrepreneurship for being success (Phelan & Sharpley, 2012).…”
Section: Effects Of Entrepreneurship Characteristics Onsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…Similarly, the traditional practiced between the 1880s and the 1980s was more prominence on financial performance, while the modern stage starting from 1990s, put strong emphasize on both financial and non-financial measures (Hussain et al, 2015;Minai & Lucky, 2012;Sorooshian et al, 2016). Prior studies (see Ahmad & Ahmad, 2018;Aziz et al, 2020;Barnard et al, 2016;Imam & Mustapha 2019;Ogunsla, 2023;Shabbir et al, 2016) have recommended that business organizations, especially MSEs should encompass both financial and non-financial dimensions in assessing performance.…”
Section: Micro and Small Enterprise (Mse) Performancementioning
confidence: 99%
“…This conception is shared by teachers or parents, and will be internalized by students and affect how and when they will act creatively, develop a creative identity, and self-efficacy or the belief that they can do something creatively (Glăveanu, 2018). Fachrunnisa, at al |Does Creative Thinking [122] Entrepreneurial Skills Entrepreneurial skills are the ability to have self-confidence, courage, tenacity, empathy, and readiness to take advice from experts, desire to produce, visionary, and the ability to recognize opportunities (Shabbir et al, 2016). Interdisciplinary entrepreneurship education such as Biology is proven to be able to instil entrepreneurial skills and can introduce local entrepreneurship (Farber Canziani & Welsh, 2019).…”
Section: Creativitymentioning
confidence: 99%