{"id":451,"date":"2026-03-17T14:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ijeti.uniben.edu\/?p=451"},"modified":"2026-03-17T14:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:58:10","slug":"linking-entrepreneurial-competence-networks-and-education-to-entrepreneurial-intentions-among-nigerian-youth-a-conceptual-framework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ijeti.uniben.edu\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/linking-entrepreneurial-competence-networks-and-education-to-entrepreneurial-intentions-among-nigerian-youth-a-conceptual-framework\/","title":{"rendered":"Linking Entrepreneurial Competence, Networks, and Education to Entrepreneurial Intentions among Nigerian Youth: A Conceptual Framework"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><a>Najafi Auwalu Ibrahim<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a>Dept of Business Management, Bayero University, Kano<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a>School of Business and Entrepreneurship, American University of Nigeria, Yola<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Dept of Business Management, University of Lay Adventists of Kigali, Rwanda<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:naibarhim.bus@buk.edu.ng\">naibarhim.bus@buk.edu.ng<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The continuous rise in youths\u2019 unemployment rate and its severe consequences for the growth and development of the country are alarming. This underscores the need to understand the factors capable of addressing this pressing issue. This conceptual paper explores how entrepreneurial competence (EC), entrepreneurial networks (EN), and entrepreneurship education (EE) influence entrepreneurial intentions (EI) among youths in Nigeria. Rooted in the Resource-Based View (RBV), it proposes a model where EC and EN shape EI, with EE as a moderating variable. The study addresses inconsistencies in prior findings and proposes a more context-sensitive framework for youth entrepreneurship in low-income settings. The framework has implications for research, educational policy, and programme design aimed at promoting sustainable entrepreneurship.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Keywords<\/strong>: <em>Entrepreneurs\u2019 network, Entrepreneurial Competence, Entrepreneurship education, Entrepreneurial intention<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/ijeti.uniben.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IJETI-JUNE-2025-VOL2-NO2-30-40.pdf\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Najafi Auwalu Ibrahim Dept of Business Management, Bayero University, Kano School of Business and Entrepreneurship, American University of Nigeria, Yola Dept of Business Management, University of Lay Adventists of Kigali, Rwanda naibarhim.bus@buk.edu.ng Abstract The continuous rise in youths\u2019 unemployment rate and its severe consequences for the growth and development of the country are alarming. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2-2-june-25"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ijeti.uniben.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ijeti.uniben.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ijeti.uniben.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ijeti.uniben.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ijeti.uniben.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ijeti.uniben.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":452,"href":"https:\/\/ijeti.uniben.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions\/452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ijeti.uniben.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ijeti.uniben.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ijeti.uniben.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}