Abstract: Unemployment has become a great challenge for all the developing countries like India where number of educated people are keep increasing exponentially, but in response, jobs are not available. Specially, engineering graduates are in worse situation despite of having technical know-how of different processes. The present study attempts to examine the entrepreneurial characteristics (i.e., ambiguity tolerance, self-sufficiency, locus of control, risk-taking propensity, planning and organising ability, and social networking), attitude (i.e., achievement, innovation, personal control, and self-esteem) and self-employment intention of public and private technical institutions' undergraduates.....
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Characteristics, Entrepreneurial Attitude, Self-Employment Intention, Public and Private Technical Institutes
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