Abstract
In modern society, the power of college students has been able to provide creative growth for the local economy, so the work situation of college students is closely related to the social dynamics. Colleges and universities are important places for talent cultivation and output. They are closely related to the cultivation of college students and the choice of employment and entrepreneurship of college students. Entrepreneurship and employment are interdependent. It is not enough to rely only on entrepreneurs to make enterprises stronger. In order to increase the creativity and environmental adaptability of enterprises, there need to be sufficient and excellent employees who are willing to work in the regions where enterprises are located. Therefore, enterprises need college students with innovation and creativity in their regions. In this study, graduates from a university in Zhejiang Province were selected as the subjects. Based on the Theory of Reasoned Action, literature analysis and interview method were combined to systematically construct a research model affecting college Students’ choice of entrepreneurship and employment. The questionnaire survey method and structural equation model (PLS-SEM) were used to test the hypothesis. A total of 798 valid questionnaires were collected. The results show that local attraction and family factors are the two most important factors affecting the entrepreneurship and employment of college students. Family factors have a significant positive impact on the attitude toward entrepreneurship and employment, subjective norms and intention to entrepreneurship and employment; local attraction also has a significant positive impact on the subjective norms, intention to entrepreneurship and employment, and attitude toward entrepreneurship and employment. The results of this study provide a reference for the decision-making of improving local attractiveness and promoting college Students’ employment in start-up enterprises under the background of higher education popularization.
Highlights
University graduates are a country’s most precious source of talent
The statistical and analytical method employed in this study is the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLSSEM) technique based on SmartPLS 3.2.8, because it can visually check the relationship between the variables of interest, and the potential variables that are not observable and difficult to measure can be obtained (Wong and Kwong, 2013)
There is a significant correlation between subjective norms and employment intention (H1), which is similar to previous literature (Hooft et al, 2004)
Summary
University graduates are a country’s most precious source of talent. County education is a phenomenon in Zhejiang Province following the “new normal” of the economy and the rising prevalence of higher education. It is an essential part of Zhejiang Province’s third adjustment to its higher education deployment, after the establishment of universities and university towns in central cities following the Chinese economic reform (Hu, 2018). County college graduates seeking work and entrepreneurial opportunities locally and entrepreneurship is closely related to the allocation of human resources in county-level cities, economic development, and urban progress. Most of China faces the problem of uneven university distribution and the loss of local talent. This study explored the intention of college graduates to stay local for work and entrepreneurship, as well as the factors influencing the occupational intention of current students
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