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Entrepreneurship education and the moderating role of inclusion in the entrepreneurial action of disabled students

  • Reuel Johnmark Dakung
    ,
  • Robin Bell
    ,
  • Laura Aseru Orobia
    ,
  • Lemun Nuhu
Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Abstract

Educators and policymakers have sought to open entrepreneurship to a broader range of students. The paper investigates the role of entrepreneurship education in the development of People with Physical Disabilities (PWPDs) and the moderating role of inclusion in their entrepreneurial action. This research employed a cross-sectional survey of 253 students with physical disabilities across tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The findings underscore the significant role of entrepreneurship education in enhancing the entrepreneurial action of physically disabled students. The finding of the study established the moderating role of inclusion in the relationship between entrepreneurship education and the entrepreneurial action of physically disabled students. This implies that the commitment of the educators to accept and support physically disabled students in the class will create an environment in which physically disabled students can learn to monitor and respond to entrepreneurial changes in the environment. This will in turn prepare them to engage in a business start-up. This research highlights that entrepreneurship education and inclusion make significant contributions to physically disabled students’ entrepreneurial action. Therefore, these factors are key to consider in preparing physically disabled students to become entrepreneurial graduates. The study contributes to the extant literature by underscoring the value of creating an environment of inclusion in entrepreneurship education.

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Article number

100715

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

International Journal of Management Education (Volume 20, Issue 3)

Publication milestones

  • Accepted/In press - 26/09/2022
  • Published - 28/10/2022

Publication status

Published - 28/10/2022

ISSN

1472-8117

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/626253
  • Scopus: 85140768315

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