Abstract:
Entrepreneurs are more important for Sri Lanka as a developing country. The study was
to identify the key determinants of entrepreneurial interrtion of school leavers (After
O/L) in Dehiattakandiya division in Ampara district. Therefore, this study will facilitate
to identify the key determinants of entrepreneurial intention of school leavers (After
O/L). Thus, the study objectives are to identify the levels of perceived support,
entrepreneurial intention, entrepreneurial attitude and perceived behavioral control, to
identify the relationships among perceived support, entrepreneurial intention,
entrepreneurial attitude and perceived behavioral control, and to identify whether
entrepreneurial attitude and perceived behavioral control mediates the relationship
between perceived support and entrepreneurial intention among the school
leavers(After OIL) .
The study accompanies with quantitative research approach. The study used primary
data as well as secondary data. A structured questionnaire was used as the method of
data collection, and the questiomaire included 33 questions with five-point Likert scale
ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree..In this study, the researcher attempts
to highlight the field study among a sample of 233 school leavers (After O/L) in
Dehiattakandiya division in Ampara district. A convenience sampling technique was
used to make the method of sampling framework. Collected data were analyzed using
SPSS 25.0 analysis.
The data were measured using descriptive statistics, correlation and regression analysis.
In this study, the statistical tools that used to analyze the levels of variables are mean
and SD values, while relationships were measured by Pearson coefficients and linear
regressions for further mediation analyses. Moreover, the result shows significant
positive associations among all the variables.
