Title: ASSESSING THE ROLE OF SELF-EFFICACY IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AND ATTITUDE TOWARD ENTREPRENEURSHIP ON STUDENTS’ ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION IN KEBBI STATE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
Authors:
Dr. Lawal Muhammad Dankimba, Dr. Umar Farouk Mohammed and Dr. Jamilu Hussaini
Abstract:
The purpose of this paper is to see how self-efficacy moderates the relationship between entrepreneurship education and attitude toward entrepreneurship on student’s entrepreneurial intention. The study utilized cross sectional survey design. A simple random sampling technique was used to choose a sample of 353 from a population of 4,298. The data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) and Partial Least Squares 4 Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The findings demonstrate that entrepreneurship education and attitude toward entrepreneurship were positively and significantly related to student’s entrepreneurial intention. It was also discovered that self-efficacy moderates the relationship between entrepreneurship education and attitude toward entrepreneurship on student’s entrepreneurial intention. It recommended that, student’s attitude toward entrepreneurship should be assiduously stimulated by the entrepreneurship tutors and management of each tertiary institution.
Keywords: Entrepreneurship Education, Attitude toward Entrepreneurship, Self-efficacy, Entrepreneurial Intention.
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