Analysis of students' employability self-efficacy and entrepreneurial career intention: using labor market information as a mediator variable

This study examines 356 tertiary education students' entrepreneurial career intentions (ECI) and its influencing factors. The results show that students' labor Market information (LMI) has a significant direct effect on ECI, and employability self-efficacy (ESE) has a significant effect on ECI through LMI. The influence pattern and empirical data of ESE and LMI on ECI has a good fit.

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