Abstract
The background of this study is the high unemployment rate in Indonesia and the biggest contributor to unemployment in Indonesia is vocational graduates, this study aims to determine the effect of entrepreneurial characteristics, knowledge and motivation on entrepreneurial interest both simultaneously and partially, with entrepreneurship motivation as a mediating variable. This type of research is causality by clicking g unakan approach is quantitative. The study population was students of SMK Global Informatika. The sampling technique uses probability sampling method. The number of samples determined was 95 respondents. Methods of data analysis using structural equation model with descriptive statistical tests, the validity and reliability of data and hypothesis testing using SmartPLS program Version 3. 0 for Windows. B erdasarkan test results determination coefficient result in the value of R -S quare respectively at 0 , 489 to 0,646 for the motivation and interest in entrepreneurship , it refers k an effect of variable characteristics and entrepreneurial knowledge on the motivation of entrepreneurship of 48.9 per cent, then the influence of the characteristics , entrepreneurial knowledge and motivation was 64.6 percent, while the remaining 51.1 percent and 35.4 percent were influenced by other factors not examined . The results of this study indicate that : (1) entrepreneurial characteristics and knowledge have a significant positive effect on entrepreneurial motivation ; (2) the characteristics, knowledge and motivation of entrepreneurship have a significant positive effect directly on entrepreneurial interest ; (3) When the characteristics and entrepreneurial knowledge mediated by variab el entrepreneurship motivation , both variables have the effect of partial mediation interest in entrepreneurship.
Highlights
The unemployment rate in Indonesia has decreased in the last 2 years, but it is still not enough considering the number of unemployed people in Indonesia is very much, to overcome the high unemployment rate in Indonesia, the most appropriate way is by entrepreneurship
The total unemployment rate of Tangerang City based on graduates is as follows: 0% elementary school graduates followed by 1% Diploma graduates 4% Junior and University graduates and 24% High School graduates and the highest is 67% SMK graduates, this figure is astounding more than 60% of the unemployment contributors are vocational graduates
Hypothesis testing about the influence of exogenous variables of entrepreneurial characteristics (X1), entrepreneurial knowledge (X2) on endogenous variables of motivation (Y1), either partially or simultaneously and entrepreneurial characteristics (X1), entrepreneurial knowledge (X2) and motivation (Y1) on entrepreneurial interest (Y2) and following related to the effect of the mediator or the effect of the mediator in this case motivation
Summary
The unemployment rate in Indonesia has decreased in the last 2 years, but it is still not enough considering the number of unemployed people in Indonesia is very much, to overcome the high unemployment rate in Indonesia, the most appropriate way is by entrepreneurship. The highest unemployment rate in Indonesia is generated by SMK graduates, where those who should have graduated from SMK directly have jobs after graduating school education, but in BPS data states SMK graduates are the largest contributing graduates in unemployment in Indonesia. The total unemployment rate of Tangerang City based on graduates is as follows: 0% elementary school graduates followed by 1% Diploma graduates 4% Junior and University graduates and 24% High School graduates and the highest is 67% SMK graduates, this figure is astounding more than 60% of the unemployment contributors are vocational graduates. Based on the above phenomenon, the researcher wants to conduct research on the Effect of Entrepreneurial Characteristics and Knowledge on Entrepreneurial Interest Mediated by Entrepreneurial Motivation on Vocational Students in Global Informatics Tangerang City in Academic Year 2019/2020. The researcher has conducted a pre-survey beforehand on the students of the Global Vocational School of Informatics Tangerang City with the following results : 25.00%
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