Psychological Capital (PsyCap) Resources and its Relations with Creative Self-efficacy in Entrepreneurship Students

Evelina Savickaitė-Kazlauskė

doi:10.1515/mosr-2020-0013

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Psychological Capital (PsyCap) Resources and its Relations with Creative Self-efficacy in Entrepreneurship Students

Management of Organizations: Systematic Research

Volume 84 (2020): Issue 1 (December 2020)

By: Evelina Savickaitė-Kazlauskė

Open Access

|Jan 2021

Abstract

This study aims to analyse Psychological Capital (PsyCap) and creative self-efficacy of students participating in the entrepreneurship program. The theory of the paper analyses the development and significance of concepts. Quantitative research focuses on finding out the levels of PsyCap and creative self-efficacy, comparing PsyCap data to a representative sample, comparing all results with the current job status and their entrepreneurial intentions.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mosr-2020-0013 | Journal eISSN: 2335-8750 | Journal ISSN: 1392-1142

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Submitted on: Aug 5, 2020

Accepted on: Dec 10, 2020

Published on: Jan 29, 2021

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Keywords:

Psychological Capital (PsyCap),

creative self-efficacy,

entrepreneurship

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Marketing, sales, customer relations,

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