ABSTRACT
The general objective of this study is to determine the impact of
entrepreneurial education, personal attitude, social norm and perceived
behavioural control on entrepreneurial intentions. Entrepreneurial
intention is concerned with the inclination of a person to start an
entrepreneurial activity in the future. It is a key determinant of the
action of new venture creation determined by exogenous variables such
as: Social Norm, Perceive Behavioural Control, and entrepreneurial
education among others. Survey design was adopted, and the statistical
tool employed comprises of frequency, as well as regression analysis.
The study made use of a sample of 210 undergraduate students of Delta
State University. The findings show that Personal Attitude, Social Norm,
Perceive Behavioural Control and entrepreneurial education have proved
to be a primary predictor of future entrepreneurial behaviour, that
perceive behavioural control influences positively on entrepreneurial
intentions and that personal attitude is positively related to
entrepreneurial intentions. It was concluded that entrepreneurship
education programs significantly raised student’s intentions toward
entrepreneurship by inspiring them to choose entrepreneurial career. The
study further suggest that further research could test the actual
behaviour of students after intention to ascertain levels of
correspondences between intentions and impact using longitudinal survey
research design.
1.2 RESEARCH PROBLEM
Despite the importance of entrepreneurship to economic development,
the role of students in promoting entrepreneurship remains largely
unstudied. Thus a better understanding of the factors that affect
students’ and their entrepreneurial intentions could have theoretical
and practical implications to policy makers (both the government and
university). Lack of empirical evidence on entrepreneurial tendencies
and intentions in Nigeria largely informed us in undertaking this unique
study. The rising unemployment level is one of the most challenging
problems faced by our leaders today, hence the youths are littered
everywhere not having jobs to do.
1.3 RESEARCH OBJECTIVE
The general objective of this study is to determine the impact of
entrepreneurial education, personal attitude, social norm and perceived
behavioural control on entrepreneurial intentions (EI).
The specific objectives are to:
1 Determine the impact of personal attitude and EIs among undergraduate students
2 Ascertain the relationship between Social Norm and EI among undergraduate students
3 Access the relationship between Perceive Behavioural Control and EI among undergraduate students
4Determine the impact of entrepreneurial education on entrepreneurial intentions among undergraduate students
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The study seeks to answer the following research questions:
1 What is the impact of personal attitude and EIs, among undergraduate students?
2 What is the relationship between Social Norm and EI among undergraduate students?
3 What is the relationship between Perceive Behavioural Control and EI among undergraduate students?
4 What is the relationship between entrepreneurial education and entrepreneurial intentions among undergraduate students?
1.5 RESEARCH HYPOTHESES
In order to answer the above mentioned research questions, the following hypotheses were formulated:
HO1 There is no significant impact of personal attitude and EIs among undergraduate students.
HO2 There is no significant relationship between Social Norm and EI among undergraduate students.
HO3 There is no significant relationship between Perceive Behavioural Control and EI among undergraduate.
HO4There is no significant relationship between entrepreneurial
education and entrepreneurial intentions among undergraduate students.