IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND MANAGEMENT RESEARCH (IJSSMR )

E-ISSN 2545-5303
P-ISSN 2695-2203
VOL. 11 NO. 3 2025
DOI: 10.56201/ijssmr.vol.11no3.2025.pg.154.169

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Influence of Self-Efficacy on Entrepreneurial Disposition of Business Education Students in Rivers State Universities

JAMES NGOCHINDO Peace, KAYII Numbarabari Emmanuel

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Abstract

The study investigated the influence of self-efficacy on the entrepreneurial disposition of business education students in Rivers State universities. The study was carried out in Rivers State universities. Two specific objectives were posed, research questions were answered, and corresponding hypotheses were tested at the 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted a correlational design. The study's population consisted of 832 undergraduate Business Education students enrolled in the 2023/2024 academic session at Rivers State University and Ignatius Ajuru University of Education. There was no sampling, as the entire population was used for the study. The reason was that the population size is manageable. The instrument for data collection was the researchers’ developed questionnaire “Self-Efficacy Questionnaire and the Entrepreneurial Disposition of Business Education Students Questionnaire" designed on a 4-point modified scale. Three experts, two from Business Education and one from Measurement and Evaluation, reviewed the instrument to ensure its content validity. Findings revealed that goal setting significantly influences students' entrepreneurial disposition, though the extent varies between institutions, and there is a statistically significant difference in the mean scores of respondents from RSU and IAUE on the extent to which goal setting influences entrepreneurial disposition, among other findings. Based on the findings, recommendations were made, among others, that universities should incorporate structured goal-setting techniques into their entrepreneurship courses, and entrepreneurship education should emphasise problem-solving through case studies, real-world simulations, and mentorship programmes.

keywords:

Self-efficacy, Goal setting, Problem solving skill, Entrepreneurial disposition

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