Assessing of Entrepreneurship Education on Business Graduates’ Intent to Self-employment: Higher Learning Institutions Survey in Dar-es-salaam
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Mzumbe University
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A Research Report Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for
Award of Master of Science in Accounting and Finance Degree of Mzumbe
University
Entrepreneurship is one of the most important underlined theories and methodology in the science world of business management and economics; and it has helped many countries to be well developed in a variety of areas. This study in exclusively intended to assess the entrepreneurship education on business graduate‘ intent to self employment dwelt in higher learning institutions in Dar-es-Salaam. The investigation is based on Survey context in which the methodological approaches of sampling technique deploy the purposive method. The method seems deem fit the study since it allowed the convenience sample size of sixty seven (67) respondents from business students from five universities. Apart from that, the study has deployed two major data collection methods namely; Questionnaire and Interview to collect the primary data. Furthermore, data were analysed by means of descriptive analysis. Findings in this study reveals that respondents have characteristics of entrepreneurship, possessing entrepreneurial knowledge, have the intensions to start business in the near future; furthermore the respondents are motivated and influenced for self employment however the study revealed that the government does not support entrepreneurship policies.
Entrepreneurship is one of the most important underlined theories and methodology in the science world of business management and economics; and it has helped many countries to be well developed in a variety of areas. This study in exclusively intended to assess the entrepreneurship education on business graduate‘ intent to self employment dwelt in higher learning institutions in Dar-es-Salaam. The investigation is based on Survey context in which the methodological approaches of sampling technique deploy the purposive method. The method seems deem fit the study since it allowed the convenience sample size of sixty seven (67) respondents from business students from five universities. Apart from that, the study has deployed two major data collection methods namely; Questionnaire and Interview to collect the primary data. Furthermore, data were analysed by means of descriptive analysis. Findings in this study reveals that respondents have characteristics of entrepreneurship, possessing entrepreneurial knowledge, have the intensions to start business in the near future; furthermore the respondents are motivated and influenced for self employment however the study revealed that the government does not support entrepreneurship policies.
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Entrepreneurship Education, Business Graduates, Self-employment, Higher Learning Institutions