The Influence of Entrepreneurial Passion on the Self-Employment Intention among Plateau State Polytechnic Students

N.Y. Sanda¹ , M.G. Goyit² , R.J. Dakung³

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.9 , Issue.4 , pp.21-25, Dec-2021

Online published on Dec 31, 2021

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Abstract :
The rising rate of graduate unemployment is alarming, and worsening on yearly basis. With this, graduates still wait for white-collar jobs or other paid jobs to no avail. However, undergraduates need to develop the drive to be gainfully engaged as they progress in life. To contribute in addressing this, three hypotheses were stated on whether passions for inventing, founding and developing significantly influence self-employment intention of polytechnic students. The study adopted a quantitative approach and analysed the data from a sample of 374 students using multiple regressions model in SPSS version 26. The results showed that while passion for inventing strongly influences the self-employment intention of students, passion for developing had fairly influence, whereas passion for founding did not influence the self-employment intention of the Plateau State Polytechnic students. Recommendations were made that effective entrepreneurship education, mentorship, fundings, and social resources be provided for the students to stimulate their self-employment intention and equally transform it into a sustainable enterprise.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Entrepreneurial Passion, Inventing, Founding, Developing, Self-employment Intention

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