not explain. Nevertheless, PA and SN also explain a lot of variance that culture do not explain in EI which could have been lost in the absence of the mediating variables. To test for the effect of mediators, I assessed the indirect effect between the independent variables and the outcomes by examining 95% bias-corrected confidence intervals (CI) based on 2000 bootstrap samples for both full and partial mediation models. Table 4 depicts the results of the examination of full and partial mediation test. Table 4: Test of Full or Partial Mediation Hypothesised Direct Effects P-Value Indirect P-Value Mediation Relationships (Direct Effect) Effect (Indirect Effect) CV -----> EI 0.126 0.036* 0.256 0.001*** Partial SN ------> EI 0.251 0.001*** 0.219 0.001*** Partial CV------> PA 0.202 0.007** 0.083 0.001*** Partial All the indirect paths - culture to EI mediated by PA, SN to EI mediated by PA and culture to PA mediated by SN are all significant at 0.001. This shows that even though the direct paths make positive contributions to the outcome variable, the mediators also make significant contributions and adds to the total variance that culture and subjective norm explains in entrepreneurial intentions. Table 5: Test of Direct Relationships Hypothesised Relationships Standardised Regression P Value Results Weights CV ------> EI 0.126 0.037* Significant Significant CV ------> PA 0.202 0.007** Significant CV ------> SN 0.255 0.001*** Significant PA ------> EI 0.675 0.001***
not explain. Nevertheless, PA and SN also explain a lot of variance that culture do not explain in EI which could have been lost in the absence of the mediating variables. To test for the effect of mediators, I assessed the indirect effect between the independent variables and the outcomes by examining 95% bias-corrected confidence intervals (CI) based on 2000 bootstrap samples for both full and partial mediation models. Table 4 depicts the results of the examination of full and partial mediation test. Table 4: Test of Full or Partial Mediation Hypothesised Relationships Direct Effects P-Value (Direct Effect) Indirect Effect P-Value (Indirect Effect) Mediation CV -----> EI 0.126 0.036* 0.256 0.001*** Partial SN ------> EI 0.251 0.001*** 0.219 0.001*** Partial CV------> PA 0.202 0.007** 0.083 0.001*** Partial All the indirect paths - culture to EI mediated by PA, SN to EI mediated by PA and culture to PA mediated by SN are all significant at 0.001. This shows that even though the direct paths make positive contributions to the outcome variable, the mediators also make significant contributions and adds to the total variance that culture and subjective norm explains in entrepreneurial intentions. Table 5: Test of Direct Relationships Hypothesised Relationships Standardised Regression Weights P Value Results CV ------> EI 0.126 0.037* Significant CV ------> PA 0.202 0.007** Significant CV ------> SN 0.255 0.001*** Significant PA ------> EI 0.675 0.001*** Significant
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