Abstract
This study aimed to examine the predictors of entrepreneurial intention among university freshmen in Southwest Nigeria. The study employed an ex-post facto descriptive research design. One thousand four hundred (1400) respondents were chosen from five South West Nigerian states (Ogun, Osun, Oyo, Lagos, and Ondo regions). Three hundred (300) undergraduate students from Federal University were selected using a basic random selection technique. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to perform multiple regression statistical analysis and Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) analysis on the collected data after the respondents were measured using appropriate adopted standardised scales (instruments). In the study, three research questions were posed and addressed. The findings demonstrated a relationship between entrepreneurial intention, self-efficacy, and emotional intelligence. Additionally, each independent variable included in the study had a relative impact on entrepreneurial intention and significantly impacted it. The study emphasised that counselling and educational psychologists should increase their efforts to host workshops on the relationship between emotional intelligence, self-efficacy, and entrepreneurial intention in light of these findings.
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