The Predictive Effect of Entrepreneurship Training on Entrepreneurial Intention and Its Influencing Strength on Potential Entrepreneurs
Authors: Esther, Ukwuoma Orji & Ewah-otu Beatrice Unwana
Abstract: Entrepreneur potentiality is the ability of an individual who is with Entrepreneurial intention to produce the intended plan. Question on the stage at which someone with entrepreneurial intention arrives at its potentiality is the concern of this study. Researching that will help to probe into the potential acceptance of the possibility of becoming an entrepreneur. Ninety corps members drawn from a sample of Nigerian orientation camp aged 20 and 30 years (M = 25.82 years, SD = 2.30) participated in the study. Data was collected by means of a self-report question within one-week of training on three different entrepreneurship courses. The questionnaire used includes a group of questions related to demographic characteristics, entrepreneur efficacy and the Individual entrepreneurial Intention Scale for measuring the studied variables. Purposive and cluster sampling techniques were used for effective data collection. Descriptive and ANOVA statistics were used for data analysis. The result showed that Entrepreneurship Training and Age predicted Entrepreneurial intention. It also evidenced that Entrepreneurship Training, Gender, Age, and Entrepreneurial Intention exert much influence on Potential Entrepreneur. The implication of the study was discussed, and recommendation for further studies was made.