Abstract

The researchers examined Postgraduate Business Education Students possession of proactive intrapreneurial traits for gumptious disposition towards self-reliance in Rivers State Universities. The dynamic nature of the world calls for proactive intrapreneurial traits among students to function effectively in the ever-changing society. The study was conducted in Rivers State and two specific objectives, research questions null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The researchers adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of this study consists of 195 Postgraduate Business Education students from the two universities namely Rivers State Universities and Ignatius Ajuru Universities of Education all in Port Harcourt. There was no sampling due to the limited number of the population. Structured questionnaire titled ‘Proactive intrapreneurial traits possession and gumptious disposition for self-reliance’ (PITPGDSR) was used to elicit data for the study. The instrument was validated by three experts, that is two Business Educators and a Psychometrician. Reliability of the instrument was ensured using the test-retest method, with scores correlated via Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMCC), resulting in a reliability index of 0.96. Mean and standard deviation was used to answer the research questions while ‘t’ test statistical tool was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study indicated that predictive and preventive proactive intrapreneurial traits guarantees magical life, reduces number of problems, increases organizations image and reputation and identify opportunities to a high extent. The result also showed that the calculated ‘t’ value in the two null hypotheses is lesser than the ‘t’-critical value therefore all the hypotheses were retained indicating no significance difference in the mean response of the respondents. Consequently, the study recommended among others that Teachers should adopt multiples of teaching methods, and Student should endeavor to acquire more than one skill in order to explore different markets, adjust to changes and be flexible to career aspirations.