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    THE IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING ON ENTREPRENEURIAL ENGAGEMENT (With Special Reference to Military Entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka)
    (Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka, 2015) Eranjali, G.M.M.
    Entrepreneurial Engagement throughout the entrepreneurial process is where the entrepreneur grows as a person by the development of psychological wellbeing. Military entrepreneurs are a niche segment that has had the rarest concern in the society providing a higher contribution to the society. Military officers' involvement once they become deserters to crimes during the post war period is one of the major factors that has caused the underworld development due the lack of welfare measures. Given the fact that there is a lack of empirical evidence on this regard, the research was conducted regarding the impact of psychological wellbeing on entrepreneurial engagement by military entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka. Mixed method was followed to determine the supportive nature of qualitative findings to quantitative findings. Stratified sampling method was employed to highlight the specific subgroup of 206 military entrepreneurs and snowball sampling method was used to select 22 military entrepreneurs as potential participants were difficult to find. Data was gathered by using self-administered questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. Apart from the descriptive data, Structural Equation Modeling method, correlation and thematic analysis were performed to analyze the data. Psychological wellbeing has been measured using the Ryff s six factor model and entrepreneurial engagement was measured using the entrepreneurial process of identification, evaluation and exploitation. The analysis revealed that autonomy had least impact on military entrepreneurs and that the other dimensions had a moderate impact on the entrepreneurial engagement. Alongside, it was found that there was a significant positive relationship between psychological wellbeing and entrepreneurial engagement. Moreover, the study found that there were barriers and supporting factors for the engagement in entrepreneurial activities by the military entrepreneurs. The research study further recommended the fact that government support and counseling is required for the ultimate development fof their psychological wellbeing and entrepreneurial engagement. Keywords: Psychological wellbeing, Entrepreneurial Engagement, Military Entrepreneurs, Planned Behavior
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    The Impact of Psychological Wellbeing on Entrepreneurial Engagement: Special Reference to Military Entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka
    (Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka, 2020) Eranjali, G.M.M.; Fasana, S. F.; Perera, K.J.T
    Entrepreneurial engagement through the entrepreneurial process involves individual entrepreneurial growth by the development of psychological wellbeing. Military entrepreneurs are a niche segment that had the rarest concern but yielding a higher contribution to society. Their involvement in crimes as they become deserters and lack of welfare measures during the post-war period are the major factors that have caused underworld development. Given the fact of a lack of empirical evidence, the research was conducted regarding the impact of psychological wellbeing on entrepreneurial engagement by military entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka. The mixed-method was followed to determine the supportive nature of qualitative findings to quantitative findings. The stratified sampling method and snowball sampling method were employed to highlight the specific subgroup of 206 and 22 military entrepreneurs respectively. Data was gathered by using self-administered questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. Apart from the descriptive data, Structural Equation Modeling, correlation, and thematic analysis were performed to analyze the data. Psychological wellbeing was measured using the Ryff’s six-factor model and entrepreneurial engagement was measured using the entrepreneurial process of identification, evaluation, and exploitation. The analysis revealed that autonomy had the least impact on military entrepreneurs while the other dimensions had a moderate impact. Alongside this, it was found that there was a significant positive relationship between psychological wellbeing and entrepreneurial engagement. Moreover, the study found that there were barriers and supporting factors for the engagement in entrepreneurial activities, and further recommended that government support and counseling is essential for the development of Psychological wellbeing and Entrepreneurial Engagement. Keywords: Psychological wellbeing, Entrepreneurial engagement, Military entrepreneurs, Planned behavior