The Psychometric Characteristics of the Omani Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy Scale

The purpose of this study was to assess the Psychometric Characteristics of Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy Scale in Omani college students. Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy Scale (ESES) of 23 items developed by (De Noble, Jung & Ehrlich, 1999) was administered to a sample of 339 college students at Sultan Qaboos University, female constituted 55% of the sample. De Nobel et al., (1999) indicated that the scale was composed of six dimensions. Confirmatory Factor Analysis was conducted by testing a hexagonal factor model. The analysis showed that two of the six factors were not accepted and the fit between data and the proposed model was low. The CFA and the model fits data extracted acceptable fit indices; that is χ2=212.681, df=92, p<0.01, the comparative fit index (CFI)=0.908, Tucker-Lewis index (TLI)=0.957, and the Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA)=0.080.These indices were accepted and indicted that the four dimensions give a reasonably valid assessment of entrepreneurial self-efficacy, that is loadings of items ranged from 0.44 to 0.88 and were significant. Cronbach's alpha of this scale was found to be 0.930. All told, these values indicated that the scale has an internal consistency of items.