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Entrepreneurial attitudes and intentions among Nigerian undergraduates

Ghana Journal of Development Studies

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Title Entrepreneurial attitudes and intentions among Nigerian undergraduates
 
Creator Inegbenebor, AU
Ogunrin, FO
 
Subject Entrepreneurial attitude, Entrepreneurial intention, Undergraduate Students, Locus of Control, Parental Support
 
Description Economic development is largely driven by the business activities of entrepreneurs- those individuals who create private enterprises. For this development to occur, however, a nation must possess a significant mass of business people. The psychological literature suggests that attitude and intention precede corresponding behaviours; and in terms of entrepreneurship, research evidence suggests that university education promotes positive entrepreneurial attitude and intention, and ultimately entrepreneurial behaviour in individuals. Graduates are therefore regarded as potential entrepreneurs: the higher the number of undergraduates who hold positive entrepreneurial attitude and intention, the higher the number likely to create their own businesses after their graduation. This study therefore was designed to examine the prevalence of entrepreneurial attitudes and intentions among Nigerian undergraduates; and to investigate the roles of gender, Locus of Control, parents’ occupation and social support as possible predictor variables. Male students were found to be more internal on the LOC trait than the females. This internality, as well as the entrepreneurial occupations and approval of respondents’ mothers significantly predicted a positive attitude toward entrepreneurship. The paper concluded by recommending measures that can strengthen positive entrepreneurial attitudes and intentions in Nigerian undergraduates, and ultimately enhance business orientation rates among the nation’s graduates.KEY DESCRIPTORS: Entrepreneurial attitude, Entrepreneurial intention, Undergraduate Students, Locus of Control, Parental Support
 
Publisher Faculty of Integrated Development Studies, University for Development Studies
 
Contributor —
 
Date 2011-06-03
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.ajol.info/index.php/gjds/article/view/66883
10.4314/gjds.v7i2.66883
 
Source Ghana Journal of Development Studies; Vol 7, No 2 (2010)
0855-6768
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.ajol.info/index.php/gjds/article/view/66883/54881
 
Rights Faculty of Integrated Development Studies, University for Development Studies, Ghana