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Demographic Determinants of Tanzanian Graduates’ Entrepreneurial Entry Intentions: The Case of University of Dar-Es-Salaam
Research Journal of Economics, Business and ICT
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Demographic Determinants of Tanzanian Graduates’ Entrepreneurial Entry Intentions: The Case of University of Dar-Es-Salaam
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Katundu, Mangasini Atanasi; Department of Community and Rural Development, Moshi University College of Co-operative and Business Studies. P. O. Box 474, Moshi-Tanzania
Gabagambi, Damian Mulokozi; Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Sokoine University of Agriculture, P. O. BOX 3007, Morogoro, Tanzania |
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Economics
age, marital status, birth order position, entrepreneurial intention, graduates, Tanzania. A23, 123, L26 |
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The main purpose of this paper is to identify the demographic determinants of entrepreneurial entry decisions amongst Tanzanian graduates. A cross-sectional design was used in gathering information, where a semi-structured questionnaire was applied. Systematic random sampling was employed to get the required sample size. Cross tabulation was used to compare the entrepreneurial entry intention between graduates who had studied entrepreneurship and those who had not studied entrepreneurship. Logistic regression analysis was applied to assess the impact of demographic factors on entrepreneurial entry. The study found that graduates’ sex, age, birth order position and marital status significantly contributed in predicting graduates’ entrepreneurial entry decisions. It was further found that marital status had greatest contribution than all four significant factors implying that, married graduates had stronger aspiration of becoming entrepreneurs than singles. The results were statistically significant at p < 0.05. Organizations intending to make any intervention on graduate entrepreneurship in Tanzania are urged to focus on married graduates. A study on joint venture creation among graduates is required. Researchers should focus on the contribution of joint venture in counterbalancing negative effects of age differences as well as the harmful effects of birth order positions due to their inborn or upbringings weaknesses.
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English Time Schools & Overseas Education
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2014-06-23
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article |
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application/pdf
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http://ojs.journals.cz/index.php/RJEBI/article/view/511
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Research Journal of Economics, Business and ICT; Vol 9, No 1 (2014)
2047-7848 2045-3345 |
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eng
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http://ojs.journals.cz/index.php/RJEBI/article/view/511/495
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Copyright (c) 2014 Mangasini Atanasi Katundu, Damian Mulokozi Gabagambi
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ |
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