Assessment of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurial Intentions: Evidence from University of Cape Coast (original) (raw)
Purpose of the Study: The University of Cape Coast in it bit to reduce graduate unemployment has introduced a university-wide entrepreneurship course for all non-business students. The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of the entrepreneurship course on their entrepreneurial intentions. Design/Methodology/Approach: Descriptive survey design was employed in the study. Based on the consecutive sampling technique, a sample of 1,200 students participated in the study. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze data. Findings: Results from the analysis showed influence of attitude (β = 0.321, p = 0.000) on entrepreneurial intention. Similarly, perceived behavioral control (β = 0.446, p = 0.000) also showed significant influence on entrepreneurial intention, whereas subjective norms (β = 0.032, p = 0.228), did not show any significant influence on entrepreneurial intentions. The overall joint significance of the antecedent factors explained 48% (r 2 = 0.479, p < 0.01) of the variance in entrepreneurial intention. Research Limitations/Implications: The study sampled only non-business entrepreneurship students of the University of Cape Coast. The questionnaire was also administered after the students had gone through a semester course in entrepreneurship. Future research could look at a comparative study on entrepreneurial intention between the business and non-business students. A further research could also do a pre-assessment of the students' knowledge and entrepreneurial intentions and another after the course to give any distinct change in attitude if there be any in the form of longitudinal study.
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