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Effect of psychological and institutional factors on student's entrepreneurial intention: an application of TPB, CSE and TT

Unemployment and poverty are seriously issue of concern globally, especially in developing countries like Nigeria. Unemployment and poverty among university graduates in Nigeria, the trends on rising every year, major corporations are cutting down jobs and graduates who were interested to work can’t...

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Main Authors: Bularafa, Bukar Ali, Abdullah, Abdul Rashid
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2019
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spelling my.upm.eprints.692542019-06-12T07:39:18Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/69254/ Effect of psychological and institutional factors on student's entrepreneurial intention: an application of TPB, CSE and TT Bularafa, Bukar Ali Abdullah, Abdul Rashid Unemployment and poverty are seriously issue of concern globally, especially in developing countries like Nigeria. Unemployment and poverty among university graduates in Nigeria, the trends on rising every year, major corporations are cutting down jobs and graduates who were interested to work can’t seem to find a job. However, entrepreneurship and business formation have been recognised around the World as a remedy for unemployment and pivotal for economies to grow. Therefore, promotion of entrepreneurial activity becomes the most top priority on the government agenda. Despite the unique role played by entrepreneurship to the economy as a whole and to the person that established business, in Nigeria, the rate of university graduates in entrepreneurship is far below expected. This led to many research efforts on factors that are having an effect on student’s entrepreneurial intentions. This review paper proposed the intention to be an entrepreneur can be explained by Ajzen, (1991) theory of planned behaviour, institutional, and core self-evaluation theories. Psychological (self-efficacy, risk-taking propensity, locus of control, innovativeness, need for achievement) and institutional (university environment, government support programmes) factors will have an effect on attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control. Consequently, the study predicted the entrepreneurial intentions of the Nigerian university students. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/69254/1/Effect%20of%20psychological%20and%20institutional%20factors%20on%20student%27s%20entrepreneurial%20intention%20an%20application%20of%20TPB%2C%20CSE%20and%20TT.pdf Bularafa, Bukar Ali and Abdullah, Abdul Rashid (2019) Effect of psychological and institutional factors on student's entrepreneurial intention: an application of TPB, CSE and TT. Pertanika Journal of Scholarly Research Reviews, 5 (1). pp. 1-9. ISSN 2636-9141; ESSN: 2462-2028 https://pjsrr.upm.edu.my/index.php/pjsrr/article/view/181
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description Unemployment and poverty are seriously issue of concern globally, especially in developing countries like Nigeria. Unemployment and poverty among university graduates in Nigeria, the trends on rising every year, major corporations are cutting down jobs and graduates who were interested to work can’t seem to find a job. However, entrepreneurship and business formation have been recognised around the World as a remedy for unemployment and pivotal for economies to grow. Therefore, promotion of entrepreneurial activity becomes the most top priority on the government agenda. Despite the unique role played by entrepreneurship to the economy as a whole and to the person that established business, in Nigeria, the rate of university graduates in entrepreneurship is far below expected. This led to many research efforts on factors that are having an effect on student’s entrepreneurial intentions. This review paper proposed the intention to be an entrepreneur can be explained by Ajzen, (1991) theory of planned behaviour, institutional, and core self-evaluation theories. Psychological (self-efficacy, risk-taking propensity, locus of control, innovativeness, need for achievement) and institutional (university environment, government support programmes) factors will have an effect on attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control. Consequently, the study predicted the entrepreneurial intentions of the Nigerian university students.
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author Bularafa, Bukar Ali
Abdullah, Abdul Rashid
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Effect of psychological and institutional factors on student's entrepreneurial intention: an application of TPB, CSE and TT
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Abdullah, Abdul Rashid
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title Effect of psychological and institutional factors on student's entrepreneurial intention: an application of TPB, CSE and TT
title_short Effect of psychological and institutional factors on student's entrepreneurial intention: an application of TPB, CSE and TT
title_full Effect of psychological and institutional factors on student's entrepreneurial intention: an application of TPB, CSE and TT
title_fullStr Effect of psychological and institutional factors on student's entrepreneurial intention: an application of TPB, CSE and TT
title_full_unstemmed Effect of psychological and institutional factors on student's entrepreneurial intention: an application of TPB, CSE and TT
title_sort effect of psychological and institutional factors on student's entrepreneurial intention: an application of tpb, cse and tt
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