dc.contributor.author | Kabui, Elizabeth W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Maalu, Jackson K. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-02-13T12:14:13Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-02-13T12:14:13Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.citation | DBA Africa Management Review 2012, Vol 2 No 3, pp 101-120 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/9772 | |
dc.description | Perception of Entrepreneurship as a Career by Students from Selected Public Secondary Schools in Nairobi | en |
dc.description.abstract | This study sought to determine how students of public secondary schools in Nairobi
perceive entrepreneurship as a career and whether they would want to pursue a career
in entrepreneurship upon completion of school. The study bore in mind that both
exogenous and endogenous factors have the potential to influence the students’
perception of entrepreneurship and thus contribute in determining their
entrepreneurial intentions. As such learning Business Studies in secondary school and
having parents/ guardians in self employment was viewed as having prior exposure to
entrepreneurship. Data for this study was obtained by use of a questionnaire
administered to randomly selected students from selected schools that were
representative of public secondary schools in Nairobi. They were 135 respondents who
comprised of both male and female students and students ranging from Form one (1) to
Form four (4). The research revealed that although majority of students had a positive
perception of entrepreneurship as a career option, there were various factors that were
perceived as hindrances or challenges. Key of these was the fear of failure, lack of
sufficient knowledge to start and run own business and the inadequate funds to start
business. The study also revealed that there was no significant difference in the
perception of entrepreneurship between students who had had prior exposure through
Business Studies subject at school and those who had not studied the subject. It was also
observed that students who had parents/ guardians in self employment were not highly
motivated to go into entrepreneurship so as to continue in family business. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.subject | Career choice | en |
dc.subject | Entrepreneurship | en |
dc.subject | Entrepreneurial perceptions | en |
dc.title | Perception of Entrepreneurship as a Career by Students from Selected Public Secondary Schools in Nairobi | en |
dc.type | Other | en |