Employability Skills, Risk Taking Capacity and Entrepreneurship Inclination of Graduates in Public Universities in Lagos State, Nigeria

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211101.040How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Employability skills; Risk-taking Capacity; Entrepreneur and Entrepreneurship inclination

Abstract

Securing a good job after higher education or starting a new venture is the prime focus of every fresh graduate which is geared towards addressing the issue of high unemployment rate through skills development and good capacity to take risks on the part of entrepreneurs and job seekers. Hence, this study aimed to identify the relationship between employability skills, risk-taking capacity and entrepreneurship inclination of graduates in public universities, Lagos, Nigeria. Consequently, adopting the descriptive survey research design, the population of the study comprised 11,383 registered postgraduate students during 2016/2017 academic session in public universities in Lagos, Nigeria. 340 postgraduate students emerged as sample of the population using simple random sampling technique at 5% margin and 95% confidence level, who responded to a self-designed and validated questionnairetitled “Graduate Employability Skills, Risk-Taking Capacity and Entrepreneurship Inclination Questionnaire (GESRTCEIQ)”. The reliability coefficient was 0.87, using the Cronbach Alpha reliability test. Six research hypotheses were tested at.05 significant levels using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and ANOVA. Findings of the study showed that problem-solving skills (r=.54; df= 328; P<.05), teamwork skills (r=.48; df= 328; P<.05) as well as business-related factors (r=.57; df= 328; P<.05) and economic factors (r=.82; df= 328; P<.05) respectively were significantly correlated with entrepreneurship inclination of university graduates. More so, employability skill and risk-taking capacity were correlated as a single index with entrepreneurship inclination of graduates. Premised on the findings, it was recommended that graduates who are entrepreneurial driven should strive for skills development, proper assessment of risks and prioritizing them appropriately so as to ensure that resources are utilized profitably to tackle risks.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - John Oluwaseun Ajamobe
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/13
TI  - Employability Skills, Risk Taking Capacity and Entrepreneurship Inclination of Graduates in Public Universities in Lagos State, Nigeria
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Continuing Education and Technology (ICCOET 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 217
EP  - 227
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211101.040
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211101.040
ID  - Ajamobe2021
ER  -