Successful IT Entrepreneurship in Nigeria: The Contingent Role of Mentorship

IF 2.1 Q3 BUSINESS

Journal of African Business Pub Date : 2022-11-02 DOI:10.1080/15228916.2022.2141865

Akinyele Okeremi, L. Caesar

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ABSTRACT This paper principally explores the determinants of successful information technology entrepreneurship in Nigeria’s IT sector. It further examines the moderating effect of mentorship (either by an IT practitioner or a non-IT practitioner) in the correlation between the independent variables of interest and dependent variable. Literature from the developed markets underscores a positive relationship between training and successful entrepreneurship. However, such relationship is seldom explored within the context of developing markets such as Nigeria. Thus, this paper explores the impact of specific factors such as IT-focused entrepreneurial training, being born by entrepreneur parents, business school training, faith in a supernatural and mentorship on IT entrepreneurial success A quantitative research design involving a web-based survey was used to collect data among 297 participants. All collected data were screened and analyzed using binary logistic regression and Exploratory Factor Analysis. The results showed that IT entrepreneurs who are born by entrepreneur parents are more likely to succeed than those without such family backgrounds. Also, the attendance of a business school is a significant predictive factor for IT entrepreneurial success in Nigeria. Surprisingly, no significant correlation exists between formal education in the IT field and IT entrepreneurial success. Further, no significant moderating effect of mentorship was present. This implies that IT entrepreneurs in Nigeria need to harness the benefits of entrepreneurial family background and business school education to sustainably grow their businesses and become successful. Also, committed federal government backing is needed to introduce innovative entrepreneurial initiatives to improve competence among IT entrepreneurs in Nigeria. General business/management training is needed besides conventional IT training as the former is a better predictor of success among IT entrepreneurs. Finally, trainings need to focus on building competencies for relationship management to aid access to resources for innovation and growth. Future studies should consider a qualitative approach to investigating the mediating impact of mentorship on IT entrepreneurship success in Nigeria.

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尼日利亚成功的IT创业：导师制的应急作用

摘要本文主要探讨了尼日利亚IT部门信息技术创业成功的决定因素。它进一步考察了导师制（由It从业者或非It从业者）对感兴趣的自变量和因变量之间相关性的调节作用。发达市场的文献强调了培训与成功创业之间的积极关系。然而，很少在尼日利亚等发展中市场的背景下探讨这种关系。因此，本文探讨了以IT为重点的创业培训、企业家父母的出生、商学院培训、对超自然现象的信仰和导师制等特定因素对IT创业成功的影响。采用基于网络的定量研究设计收集了297名参与者的数据。使用二元逻辑回归和探索性因素分析对所有收集的数据进行筛选和分析。结果表明，由企业家父母所生的IT企业家比没有这种家庭背景的企业家更有可能成功。此外，商学院的出勤率是尼日利亚IT创业成功的一个重要预测因素。令人惊讶的是，IT领域的正规教育与IT创业成功之间没有显著的相关性。此外，导师制没有显著的调节作用。这意味着尼日利亚的IT企业家需要利用创业家庭背景和商学院教育的好处，可持续地发展他们的企业并取得成功。此外，需要联邦政府的大力支持，以引入创新的创业举措，提高尼日利亚IT企业家的能力。除了传统的IT培训外，还需要一般的业务/管理培训，因为前者更能预测IT企业家的成功。最后，培训需要侧重于建立关系管理能力，以帮助获得创新和增长资源。未来的研究应考虑采用定性方法来调查导师制对尼日利亚IT创业成功的中介影响。

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Journal of African Business BUSINESS-

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期刊介绍： Journal of African Business is the official journal of the Academy of African Business and Development, the largest network of professionals committed to advancement of business development in African nations. JAB strives to comprehensively cover all business disciplines by publishing high quality analytical, conceptual, and empirical articles that demonstrate a substantial contribution to the broad domain of African business. Regardless of the research context, tradition, approach, or philosophy, manuscripts submitted to JAB must demonstrate that the topics investigated are important to the understanding of business practices and the advancement of business knowledge in or with Africa. Particularly, JAB welcomes qualitative and quantitative research papers. JAB is not, however, limited to African-based empirical studies. It searches for various contributions, including those based on countries outside Africa that address issues relevant to African business. Targeted toward academics, policymakers, consultants, and executives, JAB features the latest theoretical developments and cutting-edge research that challenge established beliefs and paradigms and offer alternative ways to cope with the endless change in the business world. Covered areas: Accounting; Agribusiness Management and Policy; Business Law; Economics and Development Policy; Entrepreneurship and Family Business; Finance; Global Business; Human Resource Management; Information and Communications Technology (ICT); Labor Relations; Marketing; Management Information Systems (MIS); Non-Profit Management; Operations and Supply Chain Management; Organizational Behavior and Theory; Organizational Development; Service Management; Small Business Management; Social Responsibility and Ethics; Strategic Management Policy; Technology and Innovation Management; Tourism and Hospitality Management; Transportation and Logistics