Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intention of Graduating Class Students of Debre Tabor University

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the entrepreneur intention of the graduating class students of Debre Tabor University. The study focus on the relation between the dependents and independent variables, the dependent variable is entrepreneurial intention and the independent variable is gender factor, family background, social factor, government role and initial capital. The study area is limited to the Debre Tabor University. The data was collected from primary sources from questionnaires which is developed based on the objectives of the study. The sample size is 348 students taken from the 2668 regular graduating class students by using both stratified a simple random sampling technique. SPSS version 20 was used to analyze the collected data the data was analyzed by using descriptive, Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple liner regression. The analysis result shows that there is a positive significant relationship between the family background, initial capital and government role while there is a negative and no significant relationship between the entrepreneurial intention and gender factor and social factor. Based on the result the researcher concluded that students with the entrepreneur intention better focus on the variables with the positive and significant relationship rather than the variables with negative and insignificant. Finally the researcher recommended to the university, they better focus on how to adjust students’ mindset since the result shows most students are intended to be an entrepreneur. For the loan institution to make a change on their loan policy and attract even encourage the entrepreneur. The government is advisable to be flexible and crate a favorable rules and regulations. Keywords: Entrepreneurial, Entrepreneurial Intention and Graduating Students DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/13-19-04 Publication date: October 31 st 2021