Do Personality Traits, Attitude, Education, and Self-Efficacy Impact on Entrepreneurial Intention of Vocational Students?

One of the Indonesian government missions is increasing the numbers of young entrepreneurs to reduce the unemployment rate. Therefore, entrepreneurial education is introduced in middle schools, particularly in vocational schools. On the other hand, regulators and practitioners in education field focus only on how to make the students be competence to be an employee, not an entrepreneur. This study is aimed to investigate what factors to predict students' intention of becoming an entrepreneur. This study employed four predictor variables: personality traits, attitude, entrepreneurial education, and self-efficacy. Indicators to measure each variable were adapted from prior studies. A survey had been conducted involving 215 participants from four vocational schools in Jakarta. The data are analyzed using Structural Equation Modelling concept. This study proves that attitude and self efficacy had a significant impact towards entrepreneurial intention. Interestingly, personality traits and entrepreneurial education have no effect on entrepreneurial intention.