Entrepreneurship Education and Antecedents of Entrepreneurial Intention among University Students in South western Nigeria
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2021-07
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International Journal of Research and Innovation in Applied Science
Abstract
Faced with challenge of high unemployment rate, there
is need for a drastic step to prepare the youths who account for
majority of the unemployed figure for entrepreneurial activities
rather than just preparing them to hunt for jobs after their
study. While it is compulsory for higher institutions in Nigeria to
take entrepreneurship courses, there is little evidence on its
impact on students’ entrepreneurial intentions. The purpose of
this paper is to add to the literature on entrepreneurial intention
using the theory of planned behaviour to examine the intentions
of university students in southwestern Nigeria. In this paper,
Entrepreneurial Intention Questionnaire (EIQ) was used to
measure entrepreneurial intentions using a sample of 127 final
year students from one of the foremost private universities in
southwestern Nigeria; Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State,
Nigeria. Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression was used to
determine the effect of the explanatory variable on the dependent
variables. The result shows a positive but weak relationship
between entrepreneurship education and antecedents of
entrepreneurial intention. The study concludes that having
entrepreneurship education may not totally translate into job
creation hence, it was recommended that there is need for
government and other stakeholders to consider other factors that
influence entrepreneurship intention
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Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Education, Entrepreneurship Intention
Citation
Ojo, A. A. (2021). Entrepreneurship Education and Antecedents of Entrepreneurial Intention among University Students in South western Nigeria. International Journal of Research and Innovation in Applied Science, 6(7), pp22-28