Cultural Dimensions and Entrepreneurial Intention Among Final Year Students of Rivers State Owned Universities in Port Harcourt
Keywords:
culture on entrepreneurial intentionAbstract
The study was aimed to examine the relationship between cultural dimension and entrepreneurial intention among final year students of Rivers State owned Universities in Port Harcourt. The study adopted a survey research design. The population of study comprised of 1564 government owned universities in Port Harcourt in which Taro Yamane sample size determination was used to select 319 sample size. Data for the study were sourced with a well-structured questionnaire and analyzed through descriptive statistics such as percentages while the stated hypotheses were tested using Pearson product moment correlation and probability values at 5% confidence level. The study revealed that there is a significant relationship between individualism and measures of entrepreneurial intention of final year students of Rivers State owned Universities in Port Harcourt, The study concludes that cultural dimension has a positive relationship with entrepreneurial intention through the moderation of government incentives. The study recommended that cultural values especially those that enhance entrepreneurial intention should be highly embraced and taught to the youths as this will help build their entrepreneurial intentions and make them good entrepreneurs that will contribute to the growth of the Nigeria at large.
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