IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

WORLD JOURNAL OF ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES (WJEDS )

E-ISSN 2579-0544
P-ISSN 2695-2483
VOL. 9 NO. 3 2024
DOI: 10.56201/wjeds.v9.no3.2024.pg14.29

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Gender Differentials in Entrepreneurial Personality Traits Levels of Farmers in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Obot U Obot, Unyime R. Etuk, Mfon. U Etuk and Emmanuel E. Umoh

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Abstract

This study was conducted to assess the Entrepreneurial Personality Traits of Male and Female Farmers in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The specific objectives for addressing the main objectives were to examine the profile of male and female farmers by type of agricultural entrepreneurial activities, examine the profile of respondents by information sources for agricultural entrepreneurship activities, assess the respondents by their motivation for entrepreneurship and assess the entrepreneurial personality traits (EPTs) of agro- entrepreneurship possess by the male and female farmers in Akwa Ibom State. Eighty six (86) males and sixty-four (64) female respondents were selected for the study using a multi-stage sampling procedure. Descriptive and inferential statistics such as means, frequencies, percentages, Z-Test and cluster analysis were applied to analyze the data for this study. From the results, the major types of agricultural entrepreneurship activity carried out by the male respondents was poultry farming (30.2%) while melon farming constituted the major agricultural entrepreneurial activity for the female farmers (12.5%) in the study. The major sources of information of agricultural entrepreneurship were extension agents (48.8% and 39% respectively) for both male and female respondents. The primary motivation for entrepreneurship recorded by the respondents was recognition of business opportunity (44.2%) and personal intention (48.4%) for both male and female respondents respectively. Z-test result on the difference in the EPTs of male and female entrepreneurs in the study area showed that there was a significant difference in all the six personality traits adopted for this study (Passion, Openness to Experience, Resilience, Strong Sense of Self-Confidence, Conscientiousness and Vision). The result further shows that members of cluster 2 (average EPT level) formed the majority in the entire respondents and female

keywords:

Entrepreneurial Personality Traits, gender, farmers

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