Effect of entrepreneurial education on entrepreneurial university students intent: the moderation effect of family background and role model case study on CBE students
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2019-10
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A.A.U.
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The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of entrepreneurial education on entrepreneurial intention of university students found in Addis Ababa university faculty of business and economics. This study is a cross sectional study designed to investigate the effect of providing entrepreneurial education on creating university students’ entrepreneurial intention. The primary data was collected from a total sample size of 123 selected through non probability sampling method allocated among students of the two departments that took entrepreneurial education at that time. Structured survey questionnaire was administered. The research gap to be studied in this research was the moderation effect of family background and role models on the relationship between entrepreneurial education and entrepreneurial intention. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive, correlation and multiple regressions. This study confirmed that entrepreneurial education has positive and statistically significant effect on students’ entrepreneurial intention. However the analysis of the moderation effect of family background and role model resulted in rejecting to fail the null hypothesis. Based on the findings it is concluded that entrepreneurial education is important to create and develop a positive mindset on entrepreneurial intention. Recommendation and further studies are also forwarded.
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A thesis submitted to Addis Ababa university college of business and economics,Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of business Administration in Management
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Entrepreneurial education, Family background, University students’ entrepreneurial intention