Figure 1
The conceptual path diagram shows four oval nodes arranged from left to right with solid and dashed arrows labeled with hypotheses and a legend at the bottom. On the left, the oval labeled “Entrepreneurial self-efficacy” appears at the top, and the oval labeled “Perceived availability of financial support” appears at the bottom. In the center, the oval labeled “Goal commitment” appears, and on the right, the oval labeled “Entrepreneurial effort” appears. From “Entrepreneurial self-efficacy”, a solid right-pointing arrow labeled “H 1” leads to “Entrepreneurial effort”. From “Perceived availability of financial support”, a solid right-pointing arrow labeled “H 2” leads to “Entrepreneurial effort”. From “Goal commitment”, a solid right-pointing arrow labeled “H 3” leads to “Entrepreneurial effort”. From “Entrepreneurial self-efficacy”, a solid diagonal right-pointing arrow labeled “H 4” leads to “Goal commitment”. From “Perceived availability of financial support”, a solid diagonal right-pointing arrow labeled “H 5” leads to “Goal commitment”. A dashed diagonal right-pointing arrow labeled “H 6” runs from “Entrepreneurial self-efficacy” to “Goal commitment”, and a dashed horizontal right-pointing arrow labeled “H 6” runs from “Goal commitment” to “Entrepreneurial effort”. A dashed diagonal right-pointing arrow labeled “H 7” runs from “Perceived availability of financial support” to “Goal commitment”, and a dashed horizontal right-pointing arrow labeled “H 7” runs from “Goal commitment” to “Entrepreneurial effort”. At the bottom, a dashed arrow symbol is followed by the text “Mediation hypotheses”.Conceptual model. Source: Authors' own work