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THE EFFECT OF FINANCIAL RISK TOLERANCE AND FAMILY INCOME ON ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION IN HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR OF DISTRICT SWABI

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/ger.2021(VI-I).03      10.31703/ger.2021(VI-I).03      Published : Mar 2021

The Effect of Financial Risk Tolerance and Family Income on Entrepreneurial Intention in Higher Education Sector of District Swabi

Abstract

    The study examines the effect of family income (FI) and financial risk tolerance (FRT) on entrepreneurial intention in students of Universities of the Higher Education Sector located in district Swabi. This is an explanatory and co relational study carrying a sample size of 330 out of the total of all 501 students from public and private Universities in Swabi. Financial determinants are prominent aspects of the study contributing to entrepreneurial intention. The study has established the relationship between FI and FRT on EI of universities of the Higher Education Sector located in district Swabi. The study is a contribution to the rare work on the relationship between financial determinants and entrepreneurial intention. The study revealed that FI and FRT significantly affect EI, whereas the order of contribution of these determinants on EI are evident their coefficients are FRT and FI.

    Family income (FI), Financial risk tolerance (FRT), Entrepreneurial intention (EI)

    (1) Rehan Zeb
    MS Scholar, Department of Management Sciences, University of Swabi, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Naveed Hussain Shah
    Assistant Professor, Department of Management Sciences, University of Swabi, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Arif
    Assistant Professor, Department of Management Sciences, University of Swabi, KP, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Zeb, R., Shah, N. H., & Arif, M. (2021). The Effect of Financial Risk Tolerance and Family Income on Entrepreneurial Intention in Higher Education Sector of District Swabi. Global Economics Review, VI(I), 24-37. https://doi.org/10.31703/ger.2021(VI-I).03

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    CHICAGO : Zeb, Rehan, Naveed Hussain Shah, and Muhammad Arif. 2021. "The Effect of Financial Risk Tolerance and Family Income on Entrepreneurial Intention in Higher Education Sector of District Swabi." Global Economics Review, VI (I): 24-37 doi: 10.31703/ger.2021(VI-I).03

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    HARVARD : ZEB, R., SHAH, N. H. & ARIF, M. 2021. The Effect of Financial Risk Tolerance and Family Income on Entrepreneurial Intention in Higher Education Sector of District Swabi. Global Economics Review, VI, 24-37.

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    MHRA : Zeb, Rehan, Naveed Hussain Shah, and Muhammad Arif. 2021. "The Effect of Financial Risk Tolerance and Family Income on Entrepreneurial Intention in Higher Education Sector of District Swabi." Global Economics Review, VI: 24-37

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    MLA : Zeb, Rehan, Naveed Hussain Shah, and Muhammad Arif. "The Effect of Financial Risk Tolerance and Family Income on Entrepreneurial Intention in Higher Education Sector of District Swabi." Global Economics Review, VI.I (2021): 24-37 Print.

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    OXFORD : Zeb, Rehan, Shah, Naveed Hussain, and Arif, Muhammad (2021), "The Effect of Financial Risk Tolerance and Family Income on Entrepreneurial Intention in Higher Education Sector of District Swabi", Global Economics Review, VI (I), 24-37

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Zeb, Rehan, Naveed Hussain Shah, and Muhammad Arif. "The Effect of Financial Risk Tolerance and Family Income on Entrepreneurial Intention in Higher Education Sector of District Swabi." Global Economics Review VI, no. I (2021): 24-37. https://doi.org/10.31703/ger.2021(VI-I).03