Abstract:
The objective of this study is to clarify the issue of attitudes of youths toward self-employment in Koralaipattu DS division. Meanwhile, self-employment is very low
among youths because of youth's narrow mindset about self-employment. Even
though there are several factors determining self-employment intention. Hence, this
study focuses on the attitudes of youth towards self-employment. Thus, the study
objectives are to ident$ the level of self-employment intention, motivational
factors, and environmental factors that positively or negatively influence the attitude
of youths toward self-employment. For this purpose, Koralaipattu DS division's
entrepreneurs' experiences were analyzed to identify the relationship between self-employment intention and motivational and environmental factors and to identify the
impact of motivational and environmental factors on the self-employment intention
of young entrepreneurs in Koralaipattu DS division. In order to achieve the
objectives of the study, the researcher collected data from 200 entrepreneurs using a
questionnaire-based survey method.
Further, this study has found that there are some positive and negative factors that
have an impact on the self-employment intention among youths in Koralaipattu DS
division. A convenient sampling method was r:sed. The statistical tools that are used
to analyze the levels of variables are mean and standard deviation values, while
relationships are measured by Pearson coefficients and simple regressions for
dependent and independent variables. Findings have shown that the attitudes of
youth towards self-employment are at a higher level. Moreover, it was also found
that there is a positive and significant relationship between motivational factors, and
perceived support for entrepreneurship and self-employment intention, and
perceived barriers to entrepreneurship have a negative, insignificant influence on
self-employment intention among the young entrepreneurs in Koralaipattu DS
division. These findings could help motivate young and jobless people and improve
their self-employment intentions, unhitch leads to an overall improvement in
entrepreneurship.
