Entrepreneurship education and the motivation to start business in Uganda

dc.contributor.author Abaho, Ernest
dc.date.accessioned 2014-04-22T07:53:20Z
dc.date.available 2014-04-22T07:53:20Z
dc.date.issued 2009-11
dc.description A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Masters of Business Administration Degree of Makerere University. en_US
dc.description.abstract Entrepreneurship education has become an interesting academic area. The main intention behind its increase in learning institutions is to increase the level of business startups. This study set out to establish the relationship between entrepreneurship education and the motivation to start business among Makerere University Business School students. The study was guided by the following objectives; to examine the relationship between entrepreneurship education and networking, examine the effect of entrepreneurship education on attitude change about business start up, examine the effect of networking on the motivation to start business, examine the effect of attitude change on the motivation to start business and to establish the relationship between entrepreneurship education and motivation to start business. A cross sectional and correlational quantitative design using a sample population consisted of 393 respondents. The respondents were chosen from the 3rd year BESBM students and alumni from 2002-2006. The results show that that attitude change and networking are significant predictors of motivation to start business. I therefore recommend that while teaching, entrepreneurship educators should emphasize the aspect of networking through interactions and relationships as well as attitude change where emphasis should be put on information search and confidence, choosing entrepreneurship as a career, optimism personality and inspiration. en_US
dc.identifier.citation Abaho, E. (2009). Entrepreneurship education and the motivation to start business in Uganda. Unpublished master dissertation. Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10570/2543
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Makerere University en_US
dc.subject Education en_US
dc.subject Entrepreneurship en_US
dc.subject Motivation en_US
dc.subject Business initiation en_US
dc.subject Uganda en_US
dc.subject SMEs en_US
dc.title Entrepreneurship education and the motivation to start business in Uganda en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
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