Influence of Family Background on Undergraduate Business Education Students’ Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy Development in North-East, Nigeria

Abdulmutallib U. Baraya, Umar Inuwa, Zainab A. Abubakar, Yusuf B. Umar

Abstract


The study explored influence of family background on undergraduate business education students; entrepreneurial self-efficacy development in universities in North-east, Nigeria. Two objectives and two research questions were used in the study. The design of the study used was descriptive qualitative design. The population of the study consisted of 208 final year undergraduate students of 2024/2025 academic session; The sample was drawn through purposive sampling, where eight participants were selected and used as interviewees. The instrument used was a face-to-face interview which was conducted by the researchers using interview protocol that contained questions under themes and sub-themes, which guided the interview sessions.  The validity and reliability of the instrument was established using a member checking and peer review, as a result, all respondents confirmed that the transcriptions aligned with their statements. Hence, the qualitative data for this study was considered valid and reliable. The qualitative data collected were thematically analyzed using NVivo software version 10. The results showed that socio-cultural business environment and family business experience and mentoring were found to be determinants of students’ entrepreneurial self-efficacy. The study concluded that family background were strong predictors of students’ entrepreneurial self-efficacy development at the university level. It was recommended, among others that, parents’ level of education, occupation and entrenched community values should be strengthened. Also, corporate cultures in family business enterprises, family business beliefs, as well as mentoring process in the family business that determined students’ zeal, confidence and capability for venture creation should also, be strengthened. 


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