GREEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND GREEN SELF-EFFICACY AS PREDICTORS OF BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS’ GREEN ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN EDO STATE
Keywords:
Business education, Green entrepreneurship, Green entrepreneurial intention, Green entrepreneurial self-efficacyAbstract
In a society characterized with increasing level of ecological and environmental problems, such as those arising from abuse by industrialists and entrepreneurs, promoting green entrepreneurial practices becomes a necessity. The present study aimed to examine the extent to which green entrepreneurship and green entrepreneurial self-efficacy predict business education students’ green entrepreneurial intentions in public universities in Edo State. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a correlational survey research design. The population of the study comprised all business education students in University of Benin (N =172) and Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma (N = 210). The instruments used for data collection were adapted from existing scales. The instruments were validated by two experts in business education. Cronbach’s alpha was used in calculating the reliability of the instruments, and it yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.78, 0.81, 0.80 for Green Entrepreneurial Intention Questionnaire, Self-Efficacy Questionnaire and Green Education Questionnaire respectively. The data collected from the respondents was analyzed using correlation and regression analyses. The findings revealed that green entrepreneurship is a significant predictor of business education students’ green entrepreneurial intention in universities in Edo State (R2 = .270, F (1, 283) = 104.559, P <. 05).The findings also revealed that green entrepreneurial self-efficacy is a significant predictor of business education students’ green entrepreneurial intention in universities in Edo State (R2 = .171, F (1, 283) = 58.342, P <. 05). Based on these findings, it was recommended, among others, that the teaching and learning of green entrepreneurship should be emphasized and not just conventional entrepreneurship education alone.
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