ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION OF MEDICAL STUDENTS IN RIVERS STATE
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This study examined the relationship between environmental factors and entrepreneurial intention of medical students in Rivers State. The study adopted a cross sectional survey research design. The target population was 329 Final Year undergraduates from College of Medical Sciences of University of Port Harcourt and Madonna University, Rivers State. The sample size of 181 was obtained using the Taro Yamen’s determination formula. The reliability of the instrument was achieved by the use of the Cronbach Alpha coefficient with all the items scoring above 0.70. The hypothesis test was carried out using the Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation Coefficient with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 17.0 at a 0.05 level of significance. After data cleaning, only data for 168 respondents were used for data analysis. The findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between environmental factors and entrepreneurial intention of medical students in Rivers State. The study therefore concluded that where the right environmental factors are created and same provided it would greatly enhance the entrepreneurial intentions of medical undergraduate students in Rivers State. The study recommended that the Government and the Administrators of Universities should create a conducive environment for the students who have such entrepreneurial intention to help them go into it as it will help them get self-employed to reduce the rate of theft and cultism in the society.
Keyword: Entrepreneurial Factors, Environmental Influence, Environmental Support, Entrepreneurial Intention, Medical Students
CITATION: Poi, G. (2019). Environmental factors and entrepreneurial intention of medical students In Rivers State. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 6 (3), 933 – 949.
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