Entrepreneurial Skills as Determinant Tool for Undergraduates’ Employability in Southwest, Nigeria (Published)
The study investigated entrepreneurial skills as determinant tool of employability among undergraduates in Southwest, Nigeria. The study used descriptive research of the survey design. The population of the study consisted 953 undergraduates (male and female) from selected public Universities in Southwest, Nigeria. The sample for this study consisted 301 students in 400 level in public Universities in Southwest, Nigeria. The sample were selected using multi-stage sampling procedure. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained through Cronbach alpha which yielded a coefficient of 0.78. The data collected were analysed using frequency counts, percentages, bar chart, means, standard deviation, linear regression analysis. All hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study found that Entrepreneurial skills were possessed by undergraduates in public universities in Southwest, Nigeria. The study further revealed that the level of Entrepreneurial skills possessed by undergraduates in public universities in Southwest, Nigeria was moderate. The finding affirmed that entrepreneurial skills variables significantly determined undergraduates’ employability in Southwest, Nigeria. Based on findings, the study concluded that entrepreneurial skills were significant determinant tool for undergraduates’ employability in Southwest, Nigeria. It was thereby recommended among others that curriculum planners should integrate other relevant contents into university courses that could determine the employability of undergraduates upon graduation since the level of entrepreneurial skills was moderate. Ministry of Commerce and Industry should educate, and create awareness on the need for undergraduates to embrace self-employment and self-sustaining upon graduation.
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Skills, Innovation skill, Problem solving skill, Undergraduates’ employability