Indigenous nascent entrepreneur self-efficacy and perceived individual success

Considerable research has examined the relationship between entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) and performance. ESE refers to the strength of the individuals' beliefs that they are capable of successfully performing the roles and tasks of entrepreneurs. Whereas prior ESE research has a non-Indigenous focus, this study addresses a gap in the literature by examining the relationship between ESE and perceived individual success in Indigenous nascent entrepreneurs. Whereas entrepreneurship from a non-Indigenous perspective is focused upon the commercialization of innovation and economic objectives, Indigenous entrepreneurship has both economic and non-economic objectives as desired outcomes. The research identified entrepreneurial experience- ESE and ESE-perceived individual success relationships. Education was inversely related to entrepreneurial experience.