Effect of Entrepreneurship Education on the Career Intentions and Aspirations of Students of Tertiary Education Institutions in Enugu State, South-east Nigeria
Year: 2022
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study examined effect of entrepreneurship education on the career intentions and aspirations of students of tertiary education institutions in Enugu State, South-East Nigeria. The specific objectives of the study were to find out the effect of curriculum contents on the number of business ideas generated and to ascertain the effect of curriculum content on the number of business opportunities identified. Other objectives were to investigate the effect of academic qualification on the number of business plans developed; and to explore the effect of teaching methods on the number of business startups established by students. The study was anchored on the Experiential Learning Theory. The population for the study was 4,313, which comprised academic staff and undergraduate and post-graduate students of the Department of Business Education and Faculties of Business Administration of the five institutions. Out of this population, a sample of 353 was drawn using Cochran’s finite population correction factor (fpcf) technique. A set of questionnaire that consisted of close-ended items set on 5-point Likert-type scale was used to collect data from the respondents. Descriptive statistics comprising frequencies and percentages was used to analyze the data collected. Inferential statistics known as Multiple Regression Analysis was used to test the hypotheses of the study. It was the findings of the study that of curriculum contents had significant impact on the number of business ideas generated and teaching pedagogy had significant impact on the number of business opportunities identified. Other findings educator’s competence level had significant impact on the number of business plans developed; and that teaching methods had significant impact on the number of business startups established by students.
Institution: Enugu State University of Science and Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7215554109