Assessing Entrepreneurial Characteristics among Public University Students in Ethiopia

Emnet Negash; Chalchissa Amentie

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Emnet Negash
Chalchissa Amentie

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percentages, tables and graphs were employed

Abstract

Purpose: purpose of this study aims at assessing entrepreneurial characteristics among public university students in Ethiopia. Methodology: Survey research method was employed involving total of 210 students from four public Universities found in the Ethiopia. Sample of respondents from selected Universities were drawn by using systematic sampling techniques. The study used both primary and secondary data. Pertaining to data analysis both qualitative and quantitative data analysis techniques mainly descriptive analysis using percentages, tables and graphs were employed. While for inferential statistics like distribution based of determinant factors of entrepreneurial intention undergraduate students multiple regression analysis was conducted to identify which variables are significant for the model. Regression analysis was used to explain the effect of independent variables on a dependent variable.

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Assessing Entrepreneurial Characteristics among Public University Students in Ethiopia. (2015). Global Journal of Management and Business Research, 15(49), 19-22. https://journalofbusiness.org/index.php/GJMBR/article/view/

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Author Biography

Emnet Negash

Emnet Negash is an academic and researcher affiliated with Jimma University in Ethiopia. Their work primarily focuses on entrepreneurship, female undergraduate students, and micro and small enterprises in the Ethiopian context. With a series of five published studies, they have examined attitudes toward entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial characteristics, and self-employment perceptions among university students, including comparative analyses between public and private institutions. Emnet Negash holds an MBA and serves as an Assistant Professor at Jimma University, and has also contributed as a reviewer for the Global Journal of Management and Business Research (GJMBR).

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