Int. J. Bus. Manag. Soc. Res. | Volume 07, Issue 02, 427-436 | https://doi.org/10.18801/ijbmsr.070220.45
Article type: Research article, Received: 20.12.2019; Revised: 27.02.2020 and Published online: 14 March 2020.
Article type: Research article, Received: 20.12.2019; Revised: 27.02.2020 and Published online: 14 March 2020.
Effect of higher education on entrepreneurial intents of university students in south east Nigeria
Muogbo, Uju S. and Eze Solomon Uchechukwu
Entrepreneurship Studies Department, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Anambra State Nigeria.
✉ Corresponding author: [email protected].
Entrepreneurship Studies Department, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Anambra State Nigeria.
✉ Corresponding author: [email protected].
Abstract
This study examined effect of higher education on entrepreneurial tutoring in university college students in Nigeria. The aim of this work is to consider the impact of individual norms, observed behavioral control, risk-taking propensity and character individualities on innovative intents of high school students in South-East, Nigeria. Relevant theoretical and empirical literature were reviewed. This research was underpinned on Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). The study used frequencies, graph, and mean in the study design. The study population comprises of 1187 students from Faculty of Management Sciences (Business Administration precisely) of the five State Universities in South-East regions. The statistical formula devised by Borg and Gall (1973) was employed to have a sample size of 369. The data generated were analyzed using simple percentage while the formulated hypotheses were tested with Multiple Regression Analysis (MRA). From the investigation it was discovers that Character traits have a confident strong noteworthy impact on innovative intents of university students in southeast. Perceived attitude control and individual norms has an encouraging effect on entrepreneurial intents of students in south-East. This study concludes that entrepreneurship tutoring/training has a confident strong effect on innovative intentions of university students in southeast, Nigeria. The study recommends that students ought to consider their personal character before trying into business since the behaviors can determine the entrepreneurial purposes and ultimately entrepreneurial success. Entrepreneurial training and mentoring need to educate student on level of risk involves in entrepreneurship in other to increase awareness towards embracing entrepreneurship and reduce over dependence on government and other policy makers.
Key Words: Entrepreneurship education, Entrepreneurial Intents, Individual norms, Planned behaviour, Observed behavioral norms
This study examined effect of higher education on entrepreneurial tutoring in university college students in Nigeria. The aim of this work is to consider the impact of individual norms, observed behavioral control, risk-taking propensity and character individualities on innovative intents of high school students in South-East, Nigeria. Relevant theoretical and empirical literature were reviewed. This research was underpinned on Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). The study used frequencies, graph, and mean in the study design. The study population comprises of 1187 students from Faculty of Management Sciences (Business Administration precisely) of the five State Universities in South-East regions. The statistical formula devised by Borg and Gall (1973) was employed to have a sample size of 369. The data generated were analyzed using simple percentage while the formulated hypotheses were tested with Multiple Regression Analysis (MRA). From the investigation it was discovers that Character traits have a confident strong noteworthy impact on innovative intents of university students in southeast. Perceived attitude control and individual norms has an encouraging effect on entrepreneurial intents of students in south-East. This study concludes that entrepreneurship tutoring/training has a confident strong effect on innovative intentions of university students in southeast, Nigeria. The study recommends that students ought to consider their personal character before trying into business since the behaviors can determine the entrepreneurial purposes and ultimately entrepreneurial success. Entrepreneurial training and mentoring need to educate student on level of risk involves in entrepreneurship in other to increase awareness towards embracing entrepreneurship and reduce over dependence on government and other policy makers.
Key Words: Entrepreneurship education, Entrepreneurial Intents, Individual norms, Planned behaviour, Observed behavioral norms
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Muogbo and Uchechukwu “Effect of higher education on entrepreneurial intents of university students in south east Nigeria”. International Journal of Business, Management and Social Research 07(02) (2020): 427-436.
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Muogbo, Uju S. and Uchechukwu, E. S. (2020). Effect of higher education on entrepreneurial intents of university students in south east Nigeria. International Journal of Business, Management and Social Research, 07(02), 421-436.
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Muogbo, Uju S. and Uchechukwu, E. S. “Effect of higher education on entrepreneurial intents of university students in south east Nigeria”. International Journal of Business, Management and Social Research, 07(02) (2020): 427-436.
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Muogbo, Uju S. and Uchechukwu, E. S. 2020. Effect of higher education on entrepreneurial intents of university students in south east Nigeria. International Journal of Business, Management and Social Research, 07(02) pp. 427-436.
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Muogbo Uju S and Uchechukwu ES (2020). Effect of higher education on entrepreneurial intents of university students in south east Nigeria. International Journal of Business, Management and Social Research. 2020 January 07(02), 427-436.
Muogbo and Uchechukwu “Effect of higher education on entrepreneurial intents of university students in south east Nigeria”. International Journal of Business, Management and Social Research 07(02) (2020): 427-436.
APA
Muogbo, Uju S. and Uchechukwu, E. S. (2020). Effect of higher education on entrepreneurial intents of university students in south east Nigeria. International Journal of Business, Management and Social Research, 07(02), 421-436.
Chicago
Muogbo, Uju S. and Uchechukwu, E. S. “Effect of higher education on entrepreneurial intents of university students in south east Nigeria”. International Journal of Business, Management and Social Research, 07(02) (2020): 427-436.
Harvard
Muogbo, Uju S. and Uchechukwu, E. S. 2020. Effect of higher education on entrepreneurial intents of university students in south east Nigeria. International Journal of Business, Management and Social Research, 07(02) pp. 427-436.
Vancouver
Muogbo Uju S and Uchechukwu ES (2020). Effect of higher education on entrepreneurial intents of university students in south east Nigeria. International Journal of Business, Management and Social Research. 2020 January 07(02), 427-436.
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Ayodele, K. O. (2013). Demographics, entrepreneurial self-efficacy and locus of control as determinants of adolescents' entrepreneurial intention in Ogun State, Nigeria. European Journal of Business and Social Sciences 1(12), 59-67.
Autio, Keeley, Klofsten, Parker and Hay (2001). Entrepreneurial intent among students in Scandinavia and in the USA. Enterprise & Innovation Management Studies 2(2), 145-161.
Ajzen, I. and Fishbein, M. (1997). Understanding attitudes and predicting social behavior. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall.
Aliyu, M. S. and Bambale, A. J. (2016). Entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intention of Nigerian university students: evidence from literatures. Bayero University Kano Beginning. American Journal of Small Business 11 (4), 37-53.
Akanbi, P. A. and Ofoegbu, O. E. (2011). An examination of the influence of some selected situational factors on entrepreneurial intentions in Nigeria. International Business and Management 3(1), 189-196.
Ajzen I. (1987). Attitudes, traits and actions: Dispositional prediction of behavior in social psychology. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology 20(1), 1-63.
Ajzen I. (1991). The theory of planned behavior. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 50(2), 179-211.
Bird, B. (1998). Implementing entrepreneurial ideas: The case for intention. Academy of Management Review, 13 (3), 442-453.
Davidsson, P. (1995). Determinants of entrepreneurial intentions, Working Paper 1995: 1. Jonkoping: Jonkoping International Business School.
Ernest, K., Matthew, S. K. and Samuel, A. K. (2015). Towards Entrepreneurial Learning Competencies: The Perspective of Built Environment Students. Higher Education Studies 5(1), 20-30.
Fishbein, M. and Ajzen, I. (1975). Belief, Attitude, Intentions and Behaviour: An Introduction to Theory and Research. Boston: Addison-Wesley.
Henley, A. (2007). Entrepreneurial aspiration and transition into self-employment: Evidence from British longitudinal data, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development 19(3), 253-280.
Iakovleva, Kolvereid and Stephan. (2011). Entrepreneurial intentions in developing and developed countries. Education & Training 53(5), 353-370.
Koe, W. L., Sa’ari, J. R., Majid, I. A and Ismail, K. (2012). Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intention among Millennial Generation. Social and Behavioural Sciences 40, 197- 208.
Kigotho, W. (2015). Producing unemployable graduates’ wastes time and money. University world news, 359, 1-3.
Krueger N. F. and Carsrud A.L. (1993). Entrepreneurial intentions: Applying the theory of planned behavior. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development: An International Journal 5, 4, 315-330.
Krueger N.F., Reilly M. D. and Carsrud A.L. (2000). Competing models of entrepreneurial intentions. Journal of Business Venturing 15 (5), 411-432.
Krueger, N. (1993). The impact of prior entrepreneurial exposure on perceptions of new venture feasibility and desirability. Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice 18 (1), 5-21.
Lee, L., Wong, P., Foo, M. and Leung, A. (2011). Entrepreneurship intentions: the influence of organizational and individual factors. Journal of business venturing 6 (1), 124-136.
Mahammed, Y. and Haruna, T. H. (2016). Application of Ajzen model on entrepreneurial intention of business administration student in Ahmadu Bello University Zaria. International Conference Federal University Dutsin-ma Katsina State.
Nicolaides, A. (2011). Entrepreneurship- the role of Higher Education in South Africa. International Educational research 2 (4), 1043-1050.
Nabi, L and Krueger. (2013). British and Spanish entrepreneurial intention: A comparative study. Revista de Economía Mundial 33, 73-103.
Pihkala, J. and Miettinen, A. (2004). Exploring changes in entrepreneurial intentions-a follow up study in two polytechnics. Proceeding of International Entrepreneurship Conference, Naples, July 5-7.
Pittaway, L. and Cope, J. (2007). Entrepreneurship education—A systematic review of the evidence. International Small Business Journal 25, 477-506
Pulka, A. and Rikwentishe (2015). The Effects of Entrepreneurship Education on University Students’ Attitude and Entrepreneurial intention. European Journal of Business and Management 7, 20.
Pulka, B. M., Rikwentishe, R. and Ibrahim, B (2014). An evaluation of students' Attitude towards entrepreneurship education in some selected universities in North East Nigeria. Global Journal of Management and Business Research 14 (8), Version 1.0.
Robinson, P. and M. Haynes (1991). Entrepreneurship education in America's major universities. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice Spring 41-52.
Thompson, E. R. (2009). Individual entrepreneurial intent: Construct clarification and development of an internationally reliable metric. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 33, 669-694.
Wijnberg, C. (2015). Youth unemployment in South Afric. Available: http://www.gogap.co.za/media/y. (Accessed 21 April 2015).
Wu, S. and Wu, L. (2008). The impact of higher education on entrepreneurial intentions of university students in China. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 15, 752- 774.
Wu, S. and Wu, L. (2012). The impact of higher education on entrepreneurial intentions of university students in China: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 15, 14, 752- 774.
Zegeye, B. (2013). Factors explaining students’ inclination towards entrepreneurship: Empirical study of Ethiopian University Students. Journal of Emerging Issues in economics, Finance and Banking 1, 4, 302-320.
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