Personality Traits and Opportunity Identification: Moderating Effect of Business Education

  • Ahmed Sayoji Federal College of Education (Technical) Gombe, Gombe State Nigeria
  • Halima Musa Muhammad School of Secondary Education (Business) Federal College of Education (Technical) Gombe, Gombe State Nigeria
  • Umar Abdulkadir School of Secondary Education (Business) Federal College of Education (Technical) Gombe, Gombe State Nigeria
  • Sulaiman Salihu Suaibu School of Sciences, Department of Science Laboratory Technology, Mai Idris Alooma Polytechnic P.M.B. 1020 Geidam, Yobe State, Nigeria.

Abstract

The paper examines weather individual personality traits (Innovativeness INN, Locus of Control LOC, Need for Achievement NAC, Self-Efficacy SEF and Tolerance to Risk TOR) have any effects on individual Opportunity Recognition ability (OPR). The moderating effect of Entrepreneurship Education (ETE) between the traits and opportunity recognition was also assessed.  Survey was administered to undergraduate students in four different Tertiary Institutions in Gombe state and SEM PLS software was used for the analyses. The results suggest positive and significance effect of INN, LOC, NAC, SEF and TOR on OPR. None moderating effect of ETE with the five trait dimensions with exception of INN was also discovered.

Published
2023-06-14
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Vol. 7 No. 1, June (2023): This is the 7th Volume Issue 1 Published in June, 2023 by FIM Journal, Mai Idris Alooma Polytechnic P.M.B.1020, Geidam, Yobe State, Nigeria. All rigths reserved.
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