ATTITUDE TOWARDS ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS OF WOMEN IN NORTH-CENTRAL NIGERIA

This study aimed at attitude towards entrepreneurship development and entrepreneurial intentions of women in North-Central Nigeria. The study investigated the determinants of attitude of women toward entrepreneurship development and assessed the influence of attitude towards behaviour, perceived behavioural control and subjective norm on the entrepreneurial intentions of women in North-Central Nigeria. To achieve the research goal, the survey research design was used.The population of the study was 1,027 women business owners.The sample was chosen using a multi-stage sampling technique. The sample size of 280 was obtained for the study.Data were generated and analysed using both descriptive statistics, Ordered Probit Regression, and Multiple Regression. Finding showed personality characteristics (?= 2.498477; p-value< 0.05), access to capital (?= 1.299474; p-value< 0.05), family characteristics (?= -1.138397; p-value< 0.05), legal framework (?= -.9195992; p-value< 0.05) and insecurity (?= -1.642638; p-value< 0.01) are linked with increasing change in attitude of women toward entrepreneurship development in North-Central Nigeria. The study concluded that personal characteristics, access to capital, family features, legal framework, and insecurity all have a role in determining women's attitudes toward entrepreneurial development. This study recommended thatthe government and policy makers should give attention to some significant determinants of attitude of women toward entrepreneurship development in North-Central Nigeria.

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