ACHIEVEMENT NEEDS AS CORRELATES OF ENTREPRENEURIAL READINESS OF BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION
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The study was carried out to determine the relationship of achievement needs with entrepreneurial readiness of business education students in Colleges of Education in South-west Nigeria. To achieve the objectives of the study, two research questions were raised and two null hypotheses were formulated. The study adopted correlational research design. The population of the study consisted of 6,929 business education students. The sample consisted of 693 respondents chosen through proportional sampling technique. The instrument was face and content validated by three experts from the Department of Business and Entrepreneurship Education, Kwara State University, Malete. Cronbach Alpha was adopted to ensure reliability of the instrument with the coefficient of 0.96. The questionnaire was administered on 693 respondents out of which 673 were retrieved from the respondents representing 97% level of retrieval. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer data related to research questions while t-test and Pearson Product Moment Correlation were used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that business education students’ achievement needs are moderately high in relation to their entrepreneurial readiness. The relationship that exists between business education students’ achievement needs and entrepreneurial readiness was found to be positive and significant. The study however concluded that there was significant relationship between achievement needs and entrepreneurial readiness of business education students. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that the business education students need to develop more curiosity for high achievement need because it will enable them to persist and pursue business goals without any form of discouragement.
Keywords:Â Achievement Needs, Entrepreneurial Readiness, Business Education Students
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