Drivers of Women Entrepreneurship in the Oke-Ogun Region, Oyo State, Nigeria

James Aransiola Ishola, Mathew Ojeleke Ojelade, Olutoyosi Oluseye Akinmusira, Johnson Kolawole Ajayi and Rasaq Bamidele Amusat
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James Aransiola Ishola: Department of Business Administration, Thomas Adewumi University, Oko, Kwara state, Nigeria.
Mathew Ojeleke Ojelade: Department of Business Administration, Kola Daisi University Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
Olutoyosi Oluseye Akinmusira: Department of Business Administration, Kola Daisi University Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
Johnson Kolawole Ajayi: Department of Public Administration, The Oke-ogun Polytechnic, Saki, Oyo State, Nigeria
Rasaq Bamidele Amusat: Department of Business Administration, The Oke-ogun Polytechnic, Saki, Oyo State, Nigeria.

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2024, vol. 8, issue 8, 1420-1429

Abstract: The idea of entrepreneurship is frequently associated with men and is seen as a manly pursuit. But recently, it has become clear how important female entrepreneurs are and how much they contribute to the economy. Over time, the Nigerian business community has come to view women as an unequal gender, partly due to the country’s cultural legacy of expecting all women to be subservient. Finding the main entrepreneurship drivers and how they have aided women’s entrepreneurship in the Oke-ogun district of Oyo state, Nigeria, is the aim of this study. The objective of the study is to examine the effect of some identified variables as drivers towards entrepreneurial ability of women entrepreneurs in the study area. Using a survey design approach, the study’s target respondents—women business owners, were purposively selected based on their levels of entrepreneurial activity, and a structured questionnaire was used to collect data. The data was analyzed using the ANOVA and Pearson correlation coefficient. The results indicated that the three independent variables—personal entrepreneurship traits, inner motivation, and credit intervention schemes, each had a correlation co-efficient and probability value of (β1= 0.302, p

Date: 2024
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