Influence of Environmental Factors on Entrepreneurial Intention of Polytechnic Undergraduates in Nigeria

Abstract

As institutions of learning in Nigeria turn out graduates’ year in and year out, the rate of unemployment soars. This has continued to be a serious concern in the last few decades as the menace is taking its turn on polytechnic graduates trained to be self-reliant and not supposed to be job seekers. Passionate scrambling for paid employment that is scarcely available has been observed among graduates of polytechnic educational programmes. Thus, investigating factors influencing entrepreneurial drive and intentions in polytechnic undergraduates in Osun State, Nigeria polytechnics. This study investigated the influence of environmental factors on the entrepreneurial intention of undergraduates in polytechnics in Osun State, Nigeria. A descriptive survey design was employed, and the study was conducted on undergraduates selected using a multi-stage sampling technique. The questionnaire was adapted from literature and designed in a 4-Likert format for data collection. The Instrument was subjected to a panel experts' validation and reliability test for internal consistency, which yielded a Cronbach alpha of 0.78. Data was analyzed with the aid of The Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient.