In light of Entrepreneurship literate, the Entrepreneurial Attitude Orientation (EAO) scale is a multidimensional self-report measure of attitudes toward entrepreneurship. There are little studies have tested the validity and reliability of the EAO scale in different social and cultural situations. This research's purpose is to examine the generalizability of the EAO scale in Vietnam context by applying two step of the preliminary research and the main research. In the former, we applied both

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... the qualitative and quantitative method with the finding of four dimensions scale and 20 items were removed. The latter used the Cronbach alpha for testing the scale's reliability and EFA method for examining the scale's validity. The result shows that EAO scale in Vietnam are include five dimension instead of four, with the appearance of the new one, namely ACHPC. Furthermore, 26 of the original 75 items were removed due to unsatisfactory loading. The findings generally support the generalizability of the four-dimensional model of the EAO and contribute the specialize scale in Vietnam context.