Structural equation modeling as a predictive approach to entrepreneurial self-efficacy in a sample of Mexican and Spanish youth

Abstract

This work is a comparative study that places the interest in knowing the determining variables of the venturesome autoeficacia. For such end a |transcultural| study is carried out, in short, uses to him a sample of venturesome youthes mexicans and other sample of Spanish youthes. It being more precise, along the following pages, try to get argue if, with independence of the socio-cultural context, exists certain similitude in the perception of the profile of the venturesome thing. To do this, we use three elements| (emotional intelligence, sex and age) as predictors of the self-efficacy. The results of this investigation indicate the impact that these variables have in the behavior of the entrepreneur, specially the emotional intelligence.