Factors influencing entrepreneurial intention to initiate new ventures: evidence from university students

Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 2 Composite reliability

Constructs	FL	Α	CR	AVE	VIF
Entrepreneurial intention		0.902	0.927	0.719
EI1	0.821				2.706
EI2	0.853				3.124
EI3	0.883				2.895
EI4	0.844				2.817
EI5	0.837				2.582
Knowledge of entrepreneurial skills		0.887	0.917	0.690
KES1	0.705				3.042
KES2	0.902				4.294
KES3	0.889				3.780
KES4	0.879				3.458
KES5	0.758				3.334
Family support		0.910	0.943	0.847
FS1	0.917				2.859
FS2	0.925				3.264
FS3	0.919				3.071
Institutional support		0.929	0.946	0.779
IS1	0.864				2.715
IS2	0.842				2.723
IS3	0.898				3.617
IS4	0.913				4.593
IS5	0.895				3.672
Self-efficacy		0.899	0.925	0.713
SF1	0.881				3.329
SF2	0.877				3.406
SF3	0.808				2.007
SF4	0.859				2.833
SF5	0.794				2.313
Ability to take risk		0.947	0.958	0.790
ATR1	0.879				3.250
ATR2	0.899				3.727
ATR3	0.839				2.611
ATR4	0.916				3.644
ATR5	0.901				4.417
ATR6	0.896				4.067
Entrepreneurial innovativeness		0.902	0.927	0.718
EINNO1	0.834				3.648
EINNO2	0.835				2.210
EINNO3	0.835				3.558
EINNO4	0.878				2.853
EINNO5	0.853				2.506
Peers support		0.816	0.879	0.645
PS1	0.816				1.814
PS2	0.830				1.950
PS3	0.745				1.400
PS4	0.819				1.845

FL: factor loadings; α: Cronbach's alpha coefficient; CR: composite reliability; AVE: average variance extracted; VIF: variance inflation factor