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Entrepreneurial attitude and social support among youth in north eastern part of India: a review

Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Social Work, School of Social Sciences, MizoramUniversity, Aizawl, Mizoram, India
  • 2Department of Social Work, School of Social Sciences, MizoramUniversity, Aizawl, Mizoram, India

Int. Res. J. Social Sci., Volume 9, Issue (3), Pages 32-36, July,14 (2020)

Abstract

Entrepreneurship acts a crucial part in the development and growth of the economy and it is a fundamental benefactor to innovativeness and product advancement. It also helps in creating new jobs, reduction in unemployment and increase in national income. Entrepreneurship can be considered as one of the career options for youths. The present review focuses on the entrepreneurial attitude and social support among youth in North eastern part of India. There were around 20 articles related to entrepreneurship and youth collected from the various online and offline data sources. The review points out that youths with favorable attitude towards entrepreneurship has more inclination to be an entrepreneur and social support is one of the influential factors of attitude towards entrepreneurship. There was dearth of studies in the area of entrepreneurial attitude and social support among youth in North east India. Therefore, there is a need to focus on the aspects of social support and attitude enhancement in entrepreneurship among youth.

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