Authors : Abam Arikpo and Benjamin James Inyang
Abstract: This ex-post facto study was carried out in the face of serious public sector unemployment to determine the impact of University education vis-a-vis Colleges of Education, Polytechnic and Agriculture on entrepreneurial behaviour of tertiary institutions� graduates in Cross River State, Nigeria. The responses of 89 self-employed University Graduates (UG) to an Employment Self Attitude Questionnaire (ESAQ) were compared to those of 51 self-employed Polytechnic Graduates (PG), 29 self-employed College of Agriculture Graduates (CAG) and 27 self-employed College of Education Graduates (CEG). These were purposively or rationally selected from homes, work places, the books of the National Directorate of Employment, the books of Cross River State Ministry of Commerce and Industry, christian fellowship centres, business premises, schools, etc. in Cross River State. Comparisons of their mean scores using the t-test showed that self-employed University graduates recorded higher entrepreneurial behaviour than their Polytechnic and Colleges of Agriculture and Education counterparts. The study provided some support to the notion that familial connections could present valuable curricula resources that would help graduates gain and reinforce appropriate entrepreneurial behaviour.
Abam Arikpo and Benjamin James Inyang , 2008. Tertiary Institution Types and Entrepreneurial Behaviour of Graduates in Cross River State, Nigeria. International Business Management, 2: 162-167.