Students’ Potential Abilities as Correlates of Self-Employment Start-Up Intentions: Evidence from Private Sector-Led Technical and Vocational Education Institutions in Nigeria

Abstract

The current study examines the correlation between TVET students’ potential abilities and self-employment start-up intentions. The participants of the survey were 209 students of Nigerian TVET Institutions. Using a Bivariate Pearson Correlation Matrix and Simple Linear Regression tests of relationships, the results revealed a significant relationship between TVET students’ potential abilities and self-employment start-up intentions. More specifically, the results revealed significant correlations among communication and collaboration skills, critical thinking and problem solving skills, managerial and leadership skills, flexibility and adaptability skills, lifelong learning and self-direction skills and the intentions of TVET students to engage in self-employed business. Contrarily, the results show that there is no correlations between creative and innovative skills, ICT literacy and numeracy skills, social and cross-cultural skills, desirability and feasibility skills and the intentions of TVET students to engage in self-employed business upon graduation. Implications, limitations and logical conclusions were spotted out in the study. https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.18.9.8