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Abstract

The research adapted an innovation self-efficacy scale that is designed for engineering students and applied it to Filipino business management college students. This paper describes the process of the adaptation, development, and determination of the representative questions per construct using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Furthermore, post hoc analyses using Levine’s test of homogeneity and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were employed to determine the relationships of the research variables to the demographic profiles of business students. Results show that business management students exhibit moderate degrees of self-efficacy. The measurement model shows that while Associational Thinking is the most observed trait, Observing is the most critical factor that defines what innovation self-efficacy should be. Post hoc analyses show that respondents being homogenous or heterogenous have no bearing on the ultimate effects of the demographic variables towards the main research variables. Lastly, the research was successful in confirming the entire measurement model with a contextually different dataset that can be easily deployed and combined with other scales or items of interest. Several theoretical and practical implications were presented, and some directions for future research were identified.

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