Entrepreneurial Attitude among Unemployed Graduates in Ethiopia (With Reference to Kacabira District, SNNP Region)

Abstract

Entrepreneurship is an important element in the dynamics of national economies and it is seen as the driving engine in economic growth and job creation. Therefore, entrepreneurial attitudes must be motivated for solving the seriously emerging unemployment problem by encouraging and creating new business opportunities to the young unemployed graduates. This study has attempted to investigate the attitude of unemployed graduates towards entrepreneurial activities. The main goal was to identify the factors which really attract the unemployed graduates and have positive attitude towards entrepreneurship with self-employment goal. A sample of 52 unemployed graduates was selected through a stratified sampling from kacabira Woreda, in SNNPR (Southern Nation Nationalities People Region), Ethiopia. A questionnaire tagged General Enterprise Tendency Test (GETT) was used for data collection. Descriptive statistics and results have been made by Average Mean, Standard Deviation, Mean variation and Pearson's correlation were the major statistical tools employed in data analysis. The findings revealed that the majority of the respondents are having low level attitude and have no positive view towards entrepreneurial activity. The environmental challenges & demographic factors are playing the biggest role. The possible suggestions have been made in this study.