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Title: | Factors influencing polytechnic students’ decision to graduate as entrepreneurs |
Authors: | Wongnaa, C. A. Seyram, Anthony Zu Kwame |
Keywords: | Polytechnic students Decision to Entrepreneurs Probit model |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
Publisher: | Springer Open |
Citation: | Springer Open |
Abstract: | The existence of supply–demand gaps in graduate output not only contributes to the
problem of graduate unemployment but also undermines the efficiency of public
investment in tertiary education, and therefore the issue needs to be addressed.
Because of this, it is critical to focus on graduates and understand which factors affect
their intentions to start-up a business in the future. This paper examines the factors that
influence polytechnic students’ decision to graduate as entrepreneurs. The study
used primary data which was collected from 250 students randomly selected from
the Kumasi polytechnic. It employed descriptive statistics and the probit model to
analyse the factors influencing the decisions by polytechnic students to graduate
as entrepreneurs. The results of this study show that personality factors (extraversion,
neuroticism, agreeableness), support from family members and friends, occupation of
parents, entrepreneurship education, gender and access to finance have significant
positive effect on polytechnic students’ decision to graduate as entrepreneurs while
students care about public remarks on their decisions has a significant negative effect. |
Description: | This article is published in Springer Open |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/13275 |
Appears in Collections: | College of Agric and Natural Resources
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