Psychological Factors that Influences Entrepreneurial Intention Among Women in Nigeria: A Study Based in South East Nigeria

Prisca I. Isiwu and Ifeanyi Onwuka

Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies, 2017, vol. 26, issue 2, 176-195

Abstract: The study examined psychological factors that influence women entrepreneurial intention in Nigeria. One hundred and seventeen (117) women were drawn within Enugu metropolis using purposive random sampling technique. Their ages ranged between 18 and 50 years, with a mean age of 22.07. Cross-sectional design was adopted. Job involvement (JI), self-efficacy, goal orientation and entrepreneurial intention scales were instruments used for data collection. Three hypotheses were tested. Step-wise multiple regressions were the main statistics used for data analysis. Results of the regression analysis showed that among the studied variables, only self-efficacy was a significant predictor of women participation in entrepreneurship (p

Keywords: Job involvement; self-efficacy; women; goal orientation; entrepreneurship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/0971355717708846

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