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Moderated Effects of Entrepreneurial Passion and Peer Influence on Entrepreneurship Education and Entrepreneurial Intentions Nexus Among Electrical and Electronics Education Students

Nnajiofor, Francisca Nebechi, Nwalo, Chibueze Nweke, Chukwuedo Samson Onyeluka

Abstract

This study dealt on the moderated effects of entrepreneurial passion and peer influence on entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intentions nexus among electrical and electronics education students. Correlational research design was used in this study. Two research questions guided the study and two hypotheses were tested at 0.01 level of significance. A total of 126 electrical and electronics education students took part in entrepreneurship education courses in universities in Nigeria participated in this study. A structured questionnaire made up of 17 items divided into two clusters adapted from already validated and published scales, was used in this study. The adapted scale had a Cronbach Alpha index of 0.74 and 0.85 for each cluster respectively, indicating that the instrument was reliable for measuring the constructs that were under investigation. The researcher thereafter adapted the instrument and subjected it to confirmatory factor analysis in order to ensure that the instrument achieve a good model fit index. The instrument was administered to all electrical and electronics education students in universities in South-East Nigeria using online data collection approach and 114 responses were collected and analysed using correlations analysis and regression analysis analysis of partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) respectively. The finding of this study revealed that there is no evidence of interaction effect of student’s peer influence and entrepreneurial passion on entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intentions nexus among electrical and electronics education students. In conclusion, it was also found from the study that peer influence and passion for entrepreneurial activities did not moderate the effect of entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intentions of electrical and electronics education students. Therefore, Nigerian government need to create an entrepreneu

Keywords

Entrepreneurship EducationEntrepreneurial PassionPeer Influence

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