Entrepreneurship Education and Environpreneurial Alertness as Predictors of Social Entrepreneurial Intentions among Business Education Students in State Universities in Nigeria

Abstract

With rising social problems and unemployment, promoting alternative employment opportunities through social entrepreneurship becomes crucial. In this study, business education students in State Universities in Nigeria had their social entrepreneurial and environprenerial intents and alertness predicted. The study was led by four research questions and three hypotheses that were tested at a significance level of 0.05. A correlational survey design was employed. All 382 final-year business education students from five state-based tertiary institutions in Nigeria made up the population. The Entrepreneurship Education, Environprenerial alertness and Social Entrepreneurial Intention Questionnaire (EASEIQ), which was validated by three experts, was used to gather data. Cronbach alpha was used to determine the instrument's dependability; the result was a coefficient of 0.81, 0.87 and 0.85 respectively. Multiple regression, simple linear regression, and Pearson product-moment correlation were used for data analysis. The result showed that students' intentions to engage in social entrepreneurship were significantly predicted by both environprenerial alertness (R² =.267, F (2, 242) = 87.975, p <.05) and entrepreneurship education (R² =.171, F (2, 242) = 50.035, p <.05). In light of this result, promoting social entrepreneurship education was recommended