MENTORING STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES ADOPTED BY ENTREPRENEURS IN RIVERS STATE
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The study examined entrepreneurship businesses and mentoring strategies adopted by entrepreneurs in Rivers State. Two research questions were posed to guide the study and one hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. The entire populations of 471 were target of the research and issued with
questionnaire as no sample was drawn. Data for this study were collected by means of questionnaire. A total of 356 entrepreneurs who returned their instrument were studied. Test-retest method was used for the reliability test, which yielded reliability co-efficient of 0.78. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyse the research questions while z-test was used to test the hypothesis. Findings revealed that entrepreneurs adopted some of the strategies and techniques raised by the researcher as the hypothesis proved that there was no significant difference in the strategies and techniques by the entrepreneurs in
Rivers State. Based on the findings, recommendations made amongst which includes that entrepreneurs should adopt effective mentoring strategies and techniques that will help them to excel and succeed in their businesses. Also, enlightenment for mentoring should be effectively carried out by entrepreneurs
to enable intending entrepreneurs to know its effectiveness.
KEY WORDS: Mentoring, Strategies, Techniques, Adopted, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurs, Rivers State.
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