Factors affecting the entrepreneurial intentions of students at Lilongwe technical college.

Entrepreneurship is one of the most important factors for stimulating economic growth and development in any economy and several countries have put entrepreneurship awareness programs as part of their education system. Malawi also incorporated entrepreneurship education in the curriculum for technical colleges with a view to enhance entrepreneurial intentions among students. However, since the introduction of entrepreneurship education into the curriculum, there has never been a study to find out the entrepreneurial intentions of students to provide empirical evidence for decision making. Graduates still opt to seek employment than pursue careers in entrepreneurship. This study was based on the planned behaviours theory of behavior. It investigated the relationship between entrepreneurial intention, attitude, perceived subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control amongst students at Lilongwe Technical College in Malawi. The study was based on a sample of 130 students and findings revealed that students’ attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control greatly relate to their entrepreneurial intention. Based on these findings, this study provided a theoretical explanation of the role of attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control as antecedents of entrepreneurial intention. It has therefore provided empirical data which may facilitate rational policies on creating an enabling environment within the training system in the technical colleges to improve entrepreneurial intentions of students.

Grantor dc:publisher

The University of Zambia

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Mphezu, Charles

Language dc:language.iso

en

Repository record dc:identifier.uri

https://dspace.unza.zm/handle/123456789/8600

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.unza.zm:123456789/8600