Implications of entrepreneurial education, self-efficacy and personality traits on the entrepreneurial intentions of deaf/hard of hearing students post COVID-19 lockdown

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Implications of entrepreneurial education (EE), entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) and personality traits (PT) on the entrepreneurial intentions of the deaf is yet unknown in existing literature. OBJECTIVE: To examine the influence of EE, ESE and PT on the entrepreneurial intentions among some 250 Deaf and Hard of hearing (DHH) students from two post-secondary institutions in Oyo state, Nigeria. METHODS: A descriptive research design was adopted, while a structured paper questionnaire was used for data collection. The data generated were analysed using descriptive statistics and the inferential statistics of Pearson Product Moment Correlation and hierarchical multiple regression at a 0.05 level of significance. RESULTS: The entrepreneurial intentions of DHH college students had a significant positive correlation with EE (r = 0.18, p < 0.05), agreeableness (r = 0.23, p < 0.05), and conscientiousness (r = 0.19, p < 0.05); but had a negative correlation with ESE, neuroticism and openness. Furthermore, personality traits and ESE were the highest predictors of entrepreneurial intention among DHH college students. CONCLUSIONS: Personality traits were the greatest predictor of the entrepreneurial intention of DHH college students post the COVID-19 lockdowns in Nigeria. Therefore, higher education institutions should intensify their efforts in entrepreneurial education and parents of DHH students should encourage them to seek entrepreneurial opportunities.

COVID-19 Effects on Companies Owned by Disabled Entrepreneurs

“…10 In term of entrepreneurial education programs, Kent et al used a sample of 250 deaf college students to measure the factors that affected the entrepreneurial intention among deaf students in secondary institutions after COVID-19 in Nigeria. 13 The factors measured were entrepreneurial education, personality traits and entrepreneurial self-efficiency, which were considered as independent variables which have the capacity to influence on the entrepreneurial intention of PWD especially deaf to establish their own business. The study stressed the importance of integrating entrepreneurial subjects into the education curricula and encouraging people with disabilities, especially deaf students, to have their own business ventures.…”