Entrepreneurial Barriers and Intentions Among Final Year Undergraduate Students of Industrial and Technology Education in Niger and Kaduna States, Nigeria
Year: 2018
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The study was to identify the entrepreneurial barriers and intentions among final year undergraduate students of industrial and technology education in Niger and Kaduna States, Nigeria. Two research questions were raised to guide the study and two null hypotheses were formulated and tested at .5 level of significant. The research design used was descriptive survey. The population of the study consisted of 348 final year undergraduate students of industrial and technology education in Niger and Kaduna States, Nigeria. The instruments for data collection were Entrepreneurial Barrier Inventory and Entrepreneurial Intention Scale. The internal consistency of the instruments was found to be .88 and .91 respectively using Cronbach Alpha statistics. The study employed the use of mean to answer the research questions and z-test to test the hypotheses. Findings revealed among others that; insufficient capital, difficulty in obtaining bank finance lack of: assets for collateral, business skills, information about how to start a business and business experience were entrepreneurial barriers among final year undergraduate students of industrial and technology education. It was therefore recommended that, institutions where industrial and technology education is taught should have an integrated mechanism in offering training to final year students in overcoming entrepreneurial barriers.
Language: English
Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2810704568