An Investigation into Entrepreneurial Intention of Economics Students in Da Nang City, Viet Nam
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This paper employs a combination of methods namely Assessing the reliability of the scale, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA); Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA); Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to analyze related factors on a 5-point Likert scale. The research findings showed that there was a direct impact factor namely Entrepreneurial confidence (EC), and five indirect impact factors namely Attitude (A); Subjective Norms (SN); Perceived Behavioural Control (PBC); Experience (EP), and Financial Capital (FC) affecting the entrepreneurial intention (EI) of Economics students in Da Nang city, Viet Nam.
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