ENTREPRENEURIAL SELF-EFFICACY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTENTIONS AMONG STUDENTS OF SA’ADATU RIMI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION KUMBOTSO KANO

Abstract

This study examines the contribution of entrepreneurial self-efficacy to the development of entrepreneurship intentions among students of Sa’adatu Rimi University of Education Kumbotso Kano. A cross-sectional survey research design was adopted. Primary data collection method was used in which self-administered questionnaires were distributed to a total sample of 188 respondents using stratified random sampling technique. The sample was selected from the target population of 366 students using Krejcie and Morgan (1967)’s formula. The study found out that majority of the respondents reported high self-efficacy or confidence that they can successfully complete the necessary production and organizational tasks related to owning a business (mean = 3.49, 3.48), but majority of the respondents revealed low self-efficacy or confidence that they can successfully complete the necessary marketing, accounting and personnel tasks related to owning a business (mean = 3.12, 3.00 and 3.04 respectively). On the other hand, majority of the respondents reported high intention that they preferred to be their own bosses than to have a secured job (mean = 3.20), to make money and create their own businesses (mean = 3.20), to join university entrepreneurial activities that will assist them in creating their own businesses (mean = 3.24), but majority of the respondents revealed low intention of creating a new firm (mean = 3.14), low intention to start their own businesses after graduation (mean = 3.00), low intention to work together with good partners to start a new business (mean = 3.13), low intention to start their own businesses if financial support is secured (mean = 3.10). Finally, further analysis employing correlation and a linear regression analysis reveals that entrepreneurial self-efficacy is positively and statistically significant in increasing entrepreneurship intention among the students. This implies that increasing entrepreneurial self-efficacy will increase the entrepreneurship intention among the students in the research area. The study recommended that Students should be encouraged to learn marketing, accounting and personnel tasks related to owning a business, Students should also be encouraged to work together with good partners to start a new business, and finally, Students should be encouraged to start their own businesses after graduation