Entrepreneur Education, Entrepreneur Confidence, Cultural Supports and Gender as Predictors of Entrepreneurial Intention Among Final-Year Students of the University of Ibadan

Abdulfatai Adekunle Owodunni

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Entrepreneur Education, Entrepreneur Confidence, Cultural Supports and Gender as Predictors of Entrepreneurial Intention Among Final-Year Students of the University of Ibadan

Abdulfatai Adekunle Owodunni

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The study examined entrepreneur education, entrepreneur confidence, cultural support and gender as predictors of entrepreneurial intention among final-year students of the University of Ibadan. It adopted a descriptive survey research design. A total of 200 students selected using a stratified sampling technique, participated in the study. They responded to the “Entrepreneurship Tendency Assessment Scale”, a battery of researcher-developed scales. This comprised of Section A, on respondents’ socio-demographic information, and five other Questionnaires; Entrepreneur Intention Assessment Questionnaire (5 items, r = 0.90), Entrepreneur Education Questionnaire (10 items, r = 0.89), Entrepreneur Confidence Questionnaire (10-items, r = .72), Cultural Supports Questionnaire (10 items, r = 0.80) and the Entrepreneur Gender Stereotypic Questionnaire (10 items, r = .88). Three research questions were raised and answered in the study, and data were analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Multiple Regression. Results revealed that entrepreneur education, entrepreneur confidence and cultural supports were significant at a 0.05 level of significance (.337**, .472**, and .264**) to the prediction of entrepreneurial intention. It also revealed that the joint contribution of independent variables (entrepreneur education, entrepreneur confidence, cultural supports and gender) on dependent variable (entrepreneurial intention) was significant F (4/183) = 20.28; R = .576, R² = .432, p < .05). About 43.2% variation was accounted for by the independent variables. Results also revealed that entrepreneur education, entrepreneur confidence and cultural supports were potent predictors of entrepreneurial intention. The most potent factor was entrepreneur confidence, followed by cultural support, and entrepreneur education while gender did not predict entrepreneurial intention. Recommendations included that universities should champion the teaching of entrepreneurship to prepare a good foundation for students’ intention to start a business after graduation, entrepreneurial confidence should be enhanced in these young graduates by psychologists, and cultural support for these potential entrepreneurs should also be given attention by the family and be enhanced.

Published in	International Journal of Business and Economics Research (Volume 11, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijber.20221103.11
Page(s)	102-108
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Entrepreneurial Intention, Entrepreneur Education, Entrepreneur Confidence, Cultural Supports, Gender, Students

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