Investigating Entrepreneurial Intention Among the Youth of Karachi: Evidence From Partial Least Square-structural Equation Modelling : Salman Ahmed Khatani, Dr. Khalid Mahmood Iraqi, Dr. Shams Hamid, Ariba Javed Iqbal

In this interconnected and interdependent world, entrepreneurship is an important driving factor for a person's success and the sustainable socioeconomic growth of any country's economy. The purpose of this research paper is to investigate and identify the perspective and behavior of youth towards entrepreneurial intention with the help of the Smart PLS_SEM Model technique to explore the main factors that impact entrepreneurial intention. The data sample size of 300 respondents has been collected from different university students studying, doing a job, and doing business. The study's independent variables are attitude towards entrepreneurship, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, pro-activeness, risk-taking, and innovativeness, which are being focused on for PLS-SEM Based modeling to obtain insight into the youth's intentions Karachi. All the variables show statistically significant results on entrepreneurial intention. Attitude towards entrepreneurship, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, pro-activeness, risk-taking and innovativeness are the significant predictors of youth entrepreneurial intention