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Oeconomica Jadertina, Vol. 13 No. 1, 2023.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.15291/oec.4139

Proactive Personality and Entrepreneurial Intentions among Nigerian Students: Moderating Role of Perceived Institutional Support

Yinka Calvin Ojeleye orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-1682-8542 ; Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria
Chioma Ifeoma Ojeleye ; Federal College of Education (Technical) Gusau, Zamfara State, Nigeria
Rafiu Falola Karem ; Federal College of Education (Technical) Gusau, Zamfara State, Nigeria
Aisha Abdullahi ; Federal College of Education (Technical) Gusau, Zamfara State, Nigeria

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Abstract

The youth unemployment especially among graduates in Nigeria is at all-time high. The study explored the moderating role of perceived institutional support in the relationship between proactive personality and entrepreneurial intentions among students. Cross-sectional and survey research methods were used in the study. The study used a technique called purposive sampling as students at four federal universities in the states of Kaduna, Kano, Sokoto, and Zamfara completed 1,000 questionnaires, of which 627 were legitimate and used in the analyses. The preliminary analyses for the study, including the detection of missing values, outliers, multicollinearity, and tests for normality, were conducted using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). The structural and measurement models were both conducted using a structural equation model (SmartPLS). The results showed that students in the chosen institutions had significant and positive effects on entrepreneurial intentions due to proactive personality and institutional support. Furthermore, the association between an entrepreneurial intention and a proactive personality was strongly attenuated by institutional support. According to the findings, educational institutions should encourage students to have entrepreneurial inclinations. Including entrepreneurial education, coaching, and counselling to support entrepreneurial objectives is one approach to do this. Meanwhile, future studies can also conduct a longitudinal study as against the cross-survey employed by this study to properly ascertain the established relationship or otherwise of the constructs of study.

Keywords

Entrepreneurial intentions; Institutional support; Proactive personality; Theory of Planned Behaviour

Hrčak ID:

303579

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/303579

Publication date:

6.6.2023.

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