PARENTAL ENTERPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCE AND PEER GROUP JNFLUENCE AS PREDICTORS OF ENTERPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS OF UNDERGRGRADUATES IN UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN

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dc.contributor.authorAbdulaziz, I
dc.contributor.authorOLOKOOBA, I.N
dc.contributor.authorBAOLOGUN, A.O.
dc.contributor.authorONIYE, R.K
dc.contributor.authorMOHMMED, G.M.F
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-27T08:18:52Z
dc.date.available2021-05-27T08:18:52Z
dc.date.issued2017-11
dc.descriptionJournal of Curriculum and Instruction. 10,(1) 249-257en_US
dc.description.abstractUnemployment has been seen as one of the problems bedeviling Nigeria society in recent times. This has attention of different stakeholders in the country majorly on how it can be reduced to a notable level if not totally eradicated. Most of the concerned stakeholders came into a conclusion that the menace was due to graduates' lack of business ideas. Hence this study carried out investigation on social factors as predictors of entrepreneurial intention among undergraduates in University of Ilorin. The objectives of the study were to: (i) find out the extent of entrepreneurial intentions of undergraduates in University of Ilorin; (ii) the influence of parents' entrepreneurial experience on entrepreneurial intentions of undergraduates in University of Ilorin; and (iii) the peer group influence on entrepreneurial intentions of undergraduates in University of Ilorin. Descriptive research method of the survey type was adopted by this research. Three research questions were raised and one hypothesis was postulated and tested. 256 respondents out of 1,298 undergraduates that offered GSE 301 (Graduate Entrepreneurship) during 2015/2016 academic session were sampled using, Multistage sampling technique involving simple random, proportional and stratified random sampling techniques were used to select the respondents. A researcher designed questionnaire titled, Social Predictors of Entrepreneurial Intention (SOPEI) was used to collect data from the respondents. The data collected were analyzed using percentage and Multiple Regression Statistics. The findings of the study revealed that undergraduates in University of Ilorin had high entrepreneurial intentions. It was also revealed that Parents' entrepreneurial experience and Peer group influence are good predictors of entrepreneurial intention of undergraduates in University of Ilorin. It was recommended among others that parents should be wary of friends that their children are keeping as this could make or mar their entrepreneurial intentions. Teacher and parents should always encourage their children with positive experience on business activities and find ways of transforming negative experience to positive one.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSELVESen_US
dc.identifier.citation6. Balogun, A.O., Oniye, R.K., Abdulaziz, I., Olokooba, I.N., & Muhammed, G.M.F. (2017). Parental entrepreneurial experience and peer group influence as predictors of entrepreneurial intentions of undergraduates in University of Ilorin.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2006-6937
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/5440
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDepartment Science Education Faculty of Education University of ilorinen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries10,(1) 249-257;
dc.subjectPARENTAL ENTERPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCEen_US
dc.subjectPEER GROUP JNFLUENCEen_US
dc.subjectENTERPRENEURIAL INTENTIONSen_US
dc.subjectUNDERGRGRADUATESen_US
dc.subjectUNIVERSITY OF ILORINen_US
dc.titlePARENTAL ENTERPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCE AND PEER GROUP JNFLUENCE AS PREDICTORS OF ENTERPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS OF UNDERGRGRADUATES IN UNIVERSITY OF ILORINen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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