The role of creativity, social self-efficacy and planning in predicting entrepreneurial self-efficacy of university staff in Mazandaran province

The aim of present research was determine the role of creativity, social self-efficacy and planning in predicting entrepreneurial self-efficacy of university staff in Mazandaran province. In a one correlational research from the universities staff of Roshd center in Mazandaran province in the academic years of 2019-2020 based on Cochran formula number of 246 people was selected by cluster random sampling method. The research tools were the questionnaires of creativity (Torrance, 1974), social self-efficacy (Smith and Betz, 2000), researcher-made planning and entrepreneurial self-efficacy (Nektiyok and et al, 2010). Data after collected by the above questionnaires and entered into SPSS software version 21 were analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression with enter model methods in the significant level of 0.05. The results of Pearson correlation coefficients showed that creativity (r=0.352), social self-efficacy (r=0.377) and planning (r=0.220) had a positive and significant relationship with entrepreneurial self-efficacy of university staff in Mazandaran province. Also, the results of multiple regression with enter model showed that the variables of creativity, social self-efficacy and planning were able to predict 30.2% of changes in entrepreneurial self-efficacy of university staff in Mazandaran province that the share of social self-efficacy was higher than other variables (p < 0.01). The results indicated the effective role of creativity, social self-efficacy and planning in predicting entrepreneurial self-efficacy of university staff in Mazandaran province. Therefore, to improve entrepreneurial self-efficacy can be increased their creativity, social self-efficacy and planning.