ABSTRACT
Entrepreneurship increases the capital output and income of a nation, it is accompanied by growth and increases output which allow more wealth to be distributed all her citizen. This study sought to determine the knowledge and attitude of radiography students towards entrepreneurship. The survey study 189 undergraduate radiography students in university of Nigeria Enugu campus. The data was collected using structured questionnaire which in addition to demographic data collected information on knowledge, attitude and aspiration of radiography student towards entrepreneurship. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistic of frequency, percentage, chi square and t-test. The result revealed that 80% of the students agreed to entrepreneurship with positive attitude.75.5% of the students recorded high entrepreneurship score. The entrepreneurial attitude of radiography students does not depend on gender. The entrepreneurial aspiration of radiography students is not gender dependent. Students radiography has not acquire enough practical skill since only 13.2% of the students who have underwent entrepreneurship education and training have both practical and theoretical experience
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1 Gender Distribution
Table 2 Age Distribution.
Table 2 Age Distribution
Table 3 students’ exposure to entrepreneurship education /training
Table 4 respondent’s basis of entrepreneurship training
Table 5 respondent’s basic knowledge of entrepreneurship
Table 6 students’ response on start-up capital
Table 7 students’ response on purpose of profit
Table 8 respondents’ attitude towards entrepreneurship
Table 9 students’ response on entrepreneurial aspiration.
Table10 entrepreneurship knowledge across gender
Table 12 (a): An independent Samples T-test Analysis Of Gender Difference in students’ Entrepreneurial Attitude.
Table 13 test for difference in entrepreneurial aspiration of male and female
ABSTRACT
Entrepreneurship increases the capital output and income of a nation and it is accompanied by growth and increased output which allow more wealth to be distributed by the various participants. This study sought to determine the knowledge and attitude of undergraduate radiography student towards entrepreneurship. The survey study 189 undergraduate Radiography student in university of Nigeria Enugu campus. The data was collected using structured questionnaire which in addition to demographic data collected information on knowledge ,attitude and aspiration of radiography student towards entrepreneurship the data was analyzed using descriptive statistics of frequency and percentage, Chi square and t- test . The result revealed that there is entrepreneurial knowledge gap between male and female with male scoring 63.2% and the female 36.2%. 80% of the student agree to entrepreneurship with positive attitudes. 75 .5% of the students recorded high entrepreneurial aspiration score .The entrepreneurship knowledge of radiography student are not gender dependant .The entrepreneurial attitude of radiography students doesn’t’ depend on gender. The entrepreneurial aspiration of the radiography student is not gender dependent .Student radiographer have not acquired enough entrepreneurial practical skills since only 13.2% of the student underwent entrepreneurship education and training have practical experience .
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ i
Approval Page _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ii
Certification _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _iii
Dedication _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _iv
Acknowledgment _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __v
List of tables _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _vi
Abstract _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ vii
Table of content_ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _viii
Chapter 1
- Background _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1
- Statement of problem__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4
- Objective of study__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4
- Hypothesis __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4
- Significant of study __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _5
- Scope of study__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5
- Literature review_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6
Chapter 2
THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
2.0 Entrepreneurship————————————————————— 12
2.1 Entrepreneurs———————————————————————12
2.2 Attitude————————————————————————–13
2.3 Entrepreneurship History in Nigeria_ ___ ___ ____ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __13
2.4 Comparismbetween Entrepreneurship Development in Nigeria And That of Other Advanced Countries._ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15
2.5 Nigerians’ value system and Entrepreneurships._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ 17
2.6 Scope of Entrepreneurship_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _19
2.7 Entrepreneurial Traits__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __________________20
2.8 Entrepreneurial Tasks._ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ 23
2.9 Need For Entrepreneurship in National Economy_ __________ 28 Chapter 3
3.0 Research design ————————————————————- 30
3.1 Target population ———————————————————- 30
3.2 Sample size ————————————————————— 30
3.3 Sampling technique —————————————————- 31
3.4 Selection criteria …………………………………………………………. 31
3.4.1 Inclusion criteria…………………………………………………….. 31
3.4.2 Exclusion Criteria—————————————————— 32
3.5 Instrument for Data Collection.————————————– 32
3.6 Procedure for Data Collection…………………………………………. 32
3.7 Data Analysis ……………………………………………………………. 32
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY———————————————-30
Chapter 4
DATA PRESENTATION————————————————————
Chapter 5
5.1 discussions
5.2 summary of the findings
5.3 Recommendation
5.4 conclusions
5.5 limitations
5.6 Areas of further research
References
Bibliography
Appendages
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND
Entrepreneurship has been recognized as an important element in the dynamics of modern economies. Entrepreneurship which can be understood as “the mindset and process to create and develop economic activity” has significantly raised interest among practitioners, scientists and politicians over the last decades1. The last decade also witness a rapid spread in entrepreneurship education. The inevitability of its global acceptance is occasioned by its capability of new venture creation, promotion of entrepreneurial aspiration and contribution of economic development. This impressive and rapid growth of entrepreneurship is attributed to the power of education in promoting social, economic, political, and spiritual well-being of an individual and social development.
Education has been the instrument in the development of man to enable him live an effective and meaningful life and to be able to contribute towards the development of society in which he finds himself. Many colleges and universities, various government and non-government agencies, provide entrepreneurial programs and training for the development of entrepreneurship3. Fostering entrepreneurship among students has become an important topic in universities and governments’ as well as in research. The positive role of universities in developing entrepreneurial intention and to explore the factors influencing entrepreneurial behaviour of students are confirmed by a number of studies4 that help to explain the Emergence of entrepreneurial intention among students as well as suggested that stimulation of entrepreneurship education can influence the students’ attitudes and knowledge towards entrepreneurship. The introduction of entrepreneurship programs into the curriculum of the universities would enhance students’ attributes and further develop awareness of entrepreneurial opportunities and skills to form entrepreneurial Venture.4
Recent studies have emphasized that entrepreneurial attitude and knowledge of the students influence their entrepreneurial behaviour. Ayiribi5 found that students in tertiary institution in Lagos state have positive attitude towards entrepreneurship. Any one that is entrepreneurial inclined will be creative in generating ideas and will also posses the ability to recognise, analyze and take advantage of a business opportunity. The desire for entrepreneurship among college students were borne out of the desire to be one’s own boss, financial autonomy, avoidance of unemployment syndrome and retrenchment in work places. Mathew et al showed that a gender difference existed in the entrepreneurial aspiration of colleges’ students and Lee reported that new venture creation and desire to establish one is a male dominated activity.
However, the unemployment situation in Nigeria is a source of concern to both the government and populace. The problem is compounded by factors such as early retirement, job losses and almost zero employment growth in most government and business establishment. The country is at the same time experiencing astronomical increase in the number of institution of higher learning particularly with the introduction of private universities. These institutions would turn out graduates yearly to seek jobs in an already saturated job markets. The policy option is to promote self- employment and entrepreneurship as presently clamoured by stakeholders. A research effort in this direction is therefore worthwhile. It is in view of this background that this study was conducted to assess the knowledge and attitude of radiography students towards entrepreneurship.
1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
- The entrepreneurial aspiration of radiography students has not been documented.
- To the best of my knowledge there is Paucity of literature that has surveyed the knowledge and attitude of Radiography students towards entrepreneurship.
- Mathew et al found that a gender difference existed in the entrepreneurial aspiration of colleges’ students and Lee reported that new venture creation and desire to establish one is a male dominated activity. Is this also true for radiography students? Let’s find out.
1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
This research would
- Determine the entrepreneurial knowledge of Radiography students.
- Determine the attitude of radiography students towards entrepreneurship.
- Determine if gender influences the attitude and aspiration of radiography student towards entrepreneurship.
1.4 HYPOTHESIS
H2: There is no gender difference in the entrepreneurial attitude of radiography students.
H 2: The entrepreneurial aspiration of radiography students does not depend on gender.
1.3 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
Theresearch findingwill
- Be useful in developing strategies that will enhance entrepreneurship in radiography curriculum.
- Also help radiography educators in selecting teaching methods that will enhance entrepreneurship among radiography students.
1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
Second to final year radiography students in university of Nigeria Enugu campus.
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