Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education, University of Zululand, Richards Bay, South Africa.
Inclusive Education Unit, Department of Educational Foundation, National University of Lesotho, Roma, Lesotho.
Work. 2022;73(2):393-404. doi: 10.3233/WOR-220133.
Implications of entrepreneurial education (EE), entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) and personality traits (PT) on the entrepreneurial intentions of the deaf is yet unknown in existing literature.
To examine the influence of EE, ESE and PT on the entrepreneurial intentions among some 250 Deaf and Hard of hearing (DHH) students from two post-secondary institutions in Oyo state, Nigeria.
A descriptive research design was adopted, while a structured paper questionnaire was used for data collection. The data generated were analysed using descriptive statistics and the inferential statistics of Pearson Product Moment Correlation and hierarchical multiple regression at a 0.05 level of significance.
The entrepreneurial intentions of DHH college students had a significant positive correlation with EE (r = 0.18, p < 0.05), agreeableness (r = 0.23, p < 0.05), and conscientiousness (r = 0.19, p < 0.05); but had a negative correlation with ESE, neuroticism and openness. Furthermore, personality traits and ESE were the highest predictors of entrepreneurial intention among DHH college students.
Personality traits were the greatest predictor of the entrepreneurial intention of DHH college students post the COVID-19 lockdowns in Nigeria. Therefore, higher education institutions should intensify their efforts in entrepreneurial education and parents of DHH students should encourage them to seek entrepreneurial opportunities.
创业教育（EE）、创业自我效能感（ESE）和人格特质（PT）对聋人创业意向的影响在现有文献中尚不清楚。
在尼日利亚奥约州的两所高等院校中，调查 EE、ESE 和 PT 对 250 名聋人和重听学生创业意向的影响。
采用描述性研究设计，使用结构化纸质问卷进行数据收集。使用描述性统计和 Pearson 乘积矩相关和分层多元回归的推断统计，在 0.05 的显著性水平下分析生成的数据。
聋人大学生的创业意向与 EE（r=0.18，p<0.05）、宜人性（r=0.23，p<0.05）和尽责性（r=0.19，p<0.05）呈显著正相关；但与 ESE、神经质和开放性呈负相关。此外，人格特质和 ESE 是聋人大学生创业意向的最高预测因素。
人格特质是尼日利亚 COVID-19 封锁后聋人大学生创业意向的最大预测因素。因此，高等教育机构应加强创业教育的力度，聋人学生的家长应鼓励他们寻求创业机会。
