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| Latent variable (construct name) | The scale of measurement (observed variable) | Sources |
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| Risk-taking propensities | RTP-1 | I Prefer to go with bold actions to venture into the unknown | Adapted from Boltan and lane’s individual entrepreneurial orientation questionnaire (IEO) |
| RTP-2 | I like to invest my money and time on projects that might provide a higher return |
| RTP-3 | I take bold steps in risky conditions |
| Innovativeness | INV-1 | I often prefer to go for new and uncommon events which are not certainly risky |
| INV-2 | I generally focus on unique projects which target unique approaches, instead of focusing on the tried and tested approaches used earlier. |
| INV-3 | I Prefer experiments and new approaches to problem-solving |
| Opportunity recognition | OR-1 | I observe a lot of opportunities for starting and growing a business | Adapted from Ozgen and Baron [54] |
| OR-2 | I have a good sense of new business ideas |
| OR-3 | During my daily activities, I find many potential new venture ideas |
| Need for achievement | NFA-1 | I Consider myself an achiever who always dreams to achieve something big in business | Based on Zaffane [56]; Ryan et al. [57], S. Wu et. al [58] |
| NFA-2 | I like to set the targets to achieve them. |
| NFA-3 | I generally care about the deadlines of the projects |
| Entrepreneurial education | EE-1 | University education can help me in recognizing the entrepreneurial opportunities | Based on Linen and Chan’s entrepreneurial intention questionnaire (EIQ), (2009) [48] |
| EE-2 | University education courses can help me prefer to be an entrepreneur |
| EE-3 | University education can help me in developing the required skills and abilities to be an entrepreneur |
| EE-4 | University education may help in improving my entrepreneurial intention |
| Entrepreneurial intention | EI-1 | I Can do everything for becoming an E-entrepreneur | |
| EI-2 | My life’s ultimate goal is to be an E-entrepreneur |
| EI-4 | I have a determination to start an E-venture in future |
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