Attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control on entrepreneurial intention of Nigerian postgraduates in UUM

Attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control on entrepreneurial intention of Nigerian postgraduates in UUM

The study used descriptive quantitative survey in order to examine the entrepreneurial intention among Nigerian postgraduate students of Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) in relation to attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control. Data of the study were collected through a survey ques...

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Main Author: Mahmoud, Mahmoud Ahmad
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HB615-715 Entrepreneurship
Risk and uncertainty
Property
LB Theory and practice of education
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Risk and uncertainty
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LB Theory and practice of education
Mahmoud, Mahmoud Ahmad
Attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control on entrepreneurial intention of Nigerian postgraduates in UUM
description The study used descriptive quantitative survey in order to examine the entrepreneurial intention among Nigerian postgraduate students of Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) in relation to attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control. Data of the study were collected through a survey questionnaire of 156 Nigerian postgraduate candidates, covering masters (50) and PhD (106) students who are studying under the College of Business, College of Arts and Sciences and College of Legal, Government and International studies. Descriptive analysis has been used to give an insight on the respondent profiles, while inferential statistics have been used to make conclusions. Then, reliability test was performed using the cronbach Alpha method which shows all variables are reliable with a value of > 0.80. Later, correlation and VIF analysis were derived with result of Pearson correlation having < 0.9 value and VIF having < 10 indicating that the data is free from multicollinearity issue. Regression analysis was also used to determine the relationship and predictive capability of the variables to entrepreneurship intention. The findings showed that attitude towards entrepreneurship (β =.475, p < .000), and perceived behavioral control (β = .349, p < .000) are positively and significantly related to entrepreneurial intention among UUM Nigerian postgraduate students. However, subjective norm, is insignificant to entrepreneurial intention (β = .112, p > .051). Considering the Beta values, attitude is the strongest factor that influences the entrepreneurial intention among UUM Nigerian postgraduate students. The Nigerian government is therefore recommended to make more effort in redesigning its entrepreneurship development policies to fit the findings of this study.
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title Attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control on entrepreneurial intention of Nigerian postgraduates in UUM
title_short Attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control on entrepreneurial intention of Nigerian postgraduates in UUM
title_full Attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control on entrepreneurial intention of Nigerian postgraduates in UUM
title_fullStr Attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control on entrepreneurial intention of Nigerian postgraduates in UUM
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spelling my-uum-etd.46602022-06-02T03:06:06Z Attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control on entrepreneurial intention of Nigerian postgraduates in UUM 2014 Mahmoud, Mahmoud Ahmad Muharam, Farrah Merlinda Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business HB615-715 Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty. Property LB Theory and practice of education The study used descriptive quantitative survey in order to examine the entrepreneurial intention among Nigerian postgraduate students of Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) in relation to attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control. Data of the study were collected through a survey questionnaire of 156 Nigerian postgraduate candidates, covering masters (50) and PhD (106) students who are studying under the College of Business, College of Arts and Sciences and College of Legal, Government and International studies. Descriptive analysis has been used to give an insight on the respondent profiles, while inferential statistics have been used to make conclusions. Then, reliability test was performed using the cronbach Alpha method which shows all variables are reliable with a value of > 0.80. Later, correlation and VIF analysis were derived with result of Pearson correlation having < 0.9 value and VIF having < 10 indicating that the data is free from multicollinearity issue. Regression analysis was also used to determine the relationship and predictive capability of the variables to entrepreneurship intention. The findings showed that attitude towards entrepreneurship (β =.475, p < .000), and perceived behavioral control (β = .349, p < .000) are positively and significantly related to entrepreneurial intention among UUM Nigerian postgraduate students. However, subjective norm, is insignificant to entrepreneurial intention (β = .112, p > .051). Considering the Beta values, attitude is the strongest factor that influences the entrepreneurial intention among UUM Nigerian postgraduate students. The Nigerian government is therefore recommended to make more effort in redesigning its entrepreneurship development policies to fit the findings of this study. 2014 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/4660/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/4660/1/s815153.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/4660/2/s815153_abstract.pdf text eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia AbdulKadir, M.B., Salim, M., & Kamarudin, H. (2012). The Relationship Between Educational Support and Entrepreneurial Intentions in Malaysian Higher Learning Institution. International Conference on Education and Educational Psychology (ICEEPSY 2012). Procedia-Social and Behavioural Sciences, 69, 2164-2173. Agbim, K.C., Oriarewo, G.O., & Owocho, M. (2013a). Factors Influencing Entrepreneurial Intentions among Graduates of Nigerian Tertiary Institutions. 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