Psychological Capital Acquisition and Business Education Students’ Entrepreneurial Desirability in Public Universities, South-South, Nigeria

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This study investigated psychological capital acquisition and Business Education students’ entrepreneurial desirability in public universities in south-south, Nigeria. Two specific research questions and corresponding hypotheses were adopted alongside correlation research design having population of 1082 final year Business Education students from 10 public universities offering Business Education programmes during the 2022/2023 academic session. The reliability was computed by using Cronbach Alpha to obtain 0.79 and 0.80 coefficients. Bivariate data collected were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation (r) for both research questions and hypotheses at 0.05 using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) 23 version. The findings showed strong positive and significant relationship between resilience acquisition while achievement motivation association with entrepreneurial desirability in public universities was moderate in south-south, Nigeria. Based on the findings, university management are enjoined to strengthen existing policy framework to collaborate with industries in research to entrench the process for acquiring resilience among students in business education that will faviour entrepreneurship desirability. Business educators are equally encouraged to inspire students to acquire achievement motivation so that they can constantly desire entrepreneurship as their future career paths.

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