THE EFFECT OF FACILITATING CONDITIONS AND SELF-EFFICACY ON BEHAVIORAL INTENTION OF SURVEYORS’ TOWARD PRACTICE: MODEL EVALUATION

Abstract

This research study tends to survey the direct effect of moderating variables on behavioural intention to surveying practice. It further purposes to assess the moderating role of self-efficacy on facilitating conditions to behavioural intention to practice. A total number of 84 questionnaires were processed for the analysis with responses coded for the SmartPLS software format. As a rule of thumb, item reliability, construct reliability and validity have a peak range of 0.7 and above. The generally accepted value for average variance extracted (AVE) is 0.5 or greater. The model fit result shows that model was within the Hu & Bentler adopted value less than 0.08 with a SRMR value of 0.073 was reported. This result from the reliability and validity test shows that tests are adequate with the structural analysis showing the self-efficacy is a very important variable, which explains over 70% of intention to practice and 48% of perceived behavioural control. Consequently, the study reveals that behavioural intention to practice surveying depends on the self-efficacy of the practitioner.