INFLUENCE OF GENDER ON ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS OF UNDERGRADUATE SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENTS OF AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY-NIGERIA BY (original) (raw)
The study is entitled “Influence of Gender on Entrepreneurial Intentions of Undergraduate Social Studies Students of Ahmadu Bello University-Nigeria.” The study is specifically aimed at determining the entrepreneurial intentions of undergraduate Social Studies students of Ahmadu Bello University-Nigeria in relation to their gender. A corresponding research question and null hypothesis are formulated. The population of the study consisted of all 400 level final year students of Social Studies as at 2015/2016 academic session. A total number of 114 students of Social Studies are purposively used. The study adapted Entrepreneurship Intention Questionnaire (EIQ) after extensive literature review and developed a modified one titled “Social Studies Entrepreneurial Intention Questionnaire (SOSEIQ). The instrument is duly validated and 0.896 reliability coefficient is realised using Cronbach alpha formular. Arithmetic mean and standard deviation are used in answering the question raised by the study and independent samples t-test is used in testing the null hypothesis formulated by the study. The study discovered that there is significant difference in the mean entrepreneurial intentions scores of male and female undergraduate Social Studies students in Ahmadu Bello University-Nigeria. The study among other things offers some recommendations for policy makers and educators while formulating policies and pedagogical interventions for undergraduate Social Studies students.
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