A social work study on measuring the effects of social cognitive consultation on welfare receiversʹʹ entrepreneurship attitudes and behavior

One of the most important responsibilities of welfare receivers in all communities is to find a job. In many cases, people are encouraged to act as entrepreneurs and create jobs and opportunities. In this study, we perform an empirical study among 280 welfare receivers to measure the effects of social cognitive consultation on changing receiversʹ entrepreneurship attitudes. The study uses Banduraʹs social cognitive questionnaire and select 30 volunteers who receive the lowest marks in this survey and they are divided into two groups. The study provides a consultation among them for eight consecutive sessions of two hour-period and the results indicate that the consultation can change both welfare receiversʹ perception and their attitude, significantly.