Influence of Entrepreneurial Skills and Opportunities in the Digital Era on Economic Sustainability among Business Education Graduates in Ekiti State
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Entrepreneurial skills, opportunities, economic sustainability, digital era and business education.Abstract
This study investigated the Influence of Entrepreneurial Skills and Opportunities in the Digital Era on Economic Sustainability among Business Education Graduates in Ekiti State. The study had two specific objectives, two research questions and two null hypotheses. The study adopted the quantitative descriptive survey design. The sample comprised of 40 business education graduates who were selected using purposive sampling technique. The instrument used for collection of data was a structured questionnaire titled “Assessment of Entrepreneurial Skills and Opportunities Questionnaire (AESOQ)”. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while the null hypotheses were tested using simple regression at 0.05 level of significance. All the hypotheses were rejected because their calculated p-values were less than the level of significance of 0.05. The findings of the study revealed that acquisition of entrepreneurial skills had significant influence on economic sustainability among business education graduates and utilization of entrepreneurial opportunities had significant influence on economic sustainability among business education graduates in Ekiti State. Based on the findings, it was recommended that Business Educators should create more awareness on acquisition of entrepreneurial skills and encourage every business education graduate should to embark on at least one entrepreneurial opportunity immediately after graduation; in order to improve economic sustainability; especially in Ekiti State.
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