TAIWO, AKEEM A and AMUSAN, OLUWASEUN M and OMOJARO, ANTHONY O (2019) SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS A CATALYST FOR YOUTH EMPOWERMENT IN ILARO, OGUN STATE. In: 10TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE, SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, 2019, THE FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, ILARO, OGUN STATE.
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Abstract
The rising level of youth unemployment in Nigeria is an issue of national interest that should be taken-on by its horns. This challenge facing the economy can be tackled through entrepreneurship programmes. This study thus seek to investigate how social entrepreneurship can act as a catalyst for youth empowerment in Ilaro, Ogun state, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study which allowed for the collection of relevant data from 120 unemployed youths who were conveniently selected by the researcher in the study area. A structured questionnaire was utilized as the instrument for data collection. All the copies of questionnaire administered were fully retrieved from the participants in this study. The data collected was analyzed using E-view statistical package and the hypotheses synthesized for this study were tested using simple regression analysis. The findings of the study revealed that Social innovation has a positive significance on employment opportunity in the study area (p=.000). Similarly, the findings of the study revealed that Financial Access Provision has a positive significance on entrepreneurship commitment among youths in the study area (p=.000). Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that government should encourage youths in the country to adopt social entrepreneurship as a panacea to the rising unemployment level in the country.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Management |
| Depositing User: | Miss Ayomikun Ogunbadejo |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Aug 2020 10:07 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Aug 2020 10:07 |
| URI: | http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/1107 |
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