Undergraduate Students’ Willingness to Start Own Agribusiness Venture after Graduation: A Ghanaian Case

Bosompem, Martin; Dadzie, Samuel Kwesi Ndzebah; Tandoh, Edwin

doi:10.1108/s2040-724620170000007009

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“…The basic assumption is that students with experience in agribusiness activities will be more attracted to agribusiness as a future career. According to Bosompem et al (2017) youths' participation in agribusiness activities motivates them to take up agribusiness as selfemployment. This variable was used as binary in the model (Table 1).…”

Section: Experience In Agribusiness Activitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Parental education includes father's education and mother's education. The parental educational level was found to have influences on individuals' career choice (Bosompem et al 2017). Unlike most of the previous studies that consider parental educational level (father and mother) as a binary variable (no matter the level reached), this study considered each level of parental education as a sub-variable of a binary nature to really capture the relationship with the entrepreneurial intention of students (Table 1).…”

Section: Parental Educational Levelmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The agribusiness environment is particularly influenced by the outcome of the policies by government and other stakeholders in the sector (May et al 2011). Therefore, the willingness of youth to start own agribusiness depends on their perceived feasibility in the environment (Bosompem et al 2017). The assumption is that those with a positive perception of the agribusiness environment will be willing to venture into agribusiness as self-employment after graduation.…”

Section: Perception Of Agribusiness Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Entrepreneurial Intention among Undergraduate Agricultural Students in the Republic of Benin

Kaki

Mignouna

Aoudji

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Journal of African Business

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This study aims at investigating the determinants of entrepreneurial intentions of undergraduate students in agriculture to start self-employed agribusiness after graduation in the Republic of Benin. A sample of 351 final year agricultural students was selected from four universities both public and private in the Republic of Benin using a cluster sampling method. The data were collected through a structured questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics and a binary logistic regression. The results reveal that an important of respondents (44.16%) were willing to start their own agribusiness venture as self-employment after graduation with a preference for agro-processing enterprises (35.48%) and crop production enterprises (26.45%). Significant factors that influence agricultural students' willingness to take up self-employment in agribusiness were age, students major, type of university attended, experience in agribusiness, friend role model, and overall perception towards agribusiness environment.The study recommends incorporation of entrepreneurial education in the curriculum for all majors, involvement of agribusiness professionals/entrepreneurs in the training programs, establishment of entrepreneurship clubs, visibility of successful youth entrepreneurs in agribusiness, and creation of conducive agribusiness environment for youth graduates.

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Section: Experience In Agribusiness Activitiesmentioning

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Section: Parental Educational Levelmentioning

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Entrepreneurial Intention among Undergraduate Agricultural Students in the Republic of Benin

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Mignouna

Aoudji

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“…Self-employment has been recognized world over as an alternative career option to the unemployed (Bosompem, Dadzie, & Tandoh, 2017;Nabi & Holden, 2008). Self-employment is perceived as a desirable form of economic growth and economic development (Torres et al, 2017) thus an appropriate solution to household poverty (Odewale, Hani, Migiro, & Adeyeye, 2019) unemployment crisis and specifically graduate unemployment (Barba-Sánchez & Atienza-Sahuquillo, 2017).…”

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“…This implies that when students' SEIs are high, the greater the chances of pursuing a self-employment career. The empirical literature has proved the direct and indirect impact of TPB constructs on SEIs (Ayalew & Zeleke, 2018;Bosompem et al, 2017;Kolvereid, 2016;Mijoč, Stanić, & Horvat, 2016;Soomro & Shah, 2015). However, despite the moderating effect of self-efficacy as proposed in the theory, research has paid little attention to this aspect.…”

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Undergraduate Students’ Entrepreneurial Attitude and Self-employment Intentions

Kisubi

2021

SBR

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Purpose – the study aimed at determining the interactive effect of entrepreneurial attitude and self-efficacy on students’ self-employment intentions. Design/ methodology – to attain the purpose of the study, cross-sectional and explanatory research designs were employed. Systematic sampling technique was utilized to collect data from a sample of 458 undergraduate finalists from Makerere and Kyambogo Universities in Uganda. Data were analyzed using Hayes (2018) Process macro version 3.2 (Model 1) with the help of SPSS version 23 Results – the study indicates that entrepreneurial attitude and self-efficacy significantly and positively influence self-employment intentions. Further, a negative and significant conditional effect of entrepreneurial self-efficacy in the relationship between entrepreneurial attitude and self-employment intentions was established. Implications – theoretically, the study contributes to the extant literature by providing new insights on the interactive effect of entrepreneurial attitude and self-efficacy on students’ self-employment intentions. We also provide practical implications to educators, curriculum developers, and university management in developing appropriate training tools for students driven by first ascertaining their levels of self-efficacy. Originality/value – The study provides new insights on the conditional effect of entrepreneurial self-efficacy in the relationship between entrepreneurial attitude and self-employment intentions.

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Embracing Entrepreneurship in Sri Lankan Agribusiness Research: A Review and a Research Agenda

Kodithuwakku

Weerakoon

2020

Agricultural Research for Sustainable Food Systems in Sri Lanka

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Undergraduate Students’ Willingness to Start Own Agribusiness Venture after Graduation: A Ghanaian Case

Cited by 10 publications

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Entrepreneurial Intention among Undergraduate Agricultural Students in the Republic of Benin

Entrepreneurial Intention among Undergraduate Agricultural Students in the Republic of Benin

Undergraduate Students’ Entrepreneurial Attitude and Self-employment Intentions

Embracing Entrepreneurship in Sri Lankan Agribusiness Research: A Review and a Research Agenda

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