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Author(s): Bolaji Jubril, Oluwaseun Sojinu Samson.

Volume/Issue: Volume 5 , Issue 3 (2022)

Abstract:

Though not large in number but considerable quantity of scholars has taken time to dig into the effects and impact of religion and culture on economic development and by of importance entrepreneurial choice and intention (EI), but quite a little is somewhat known on the fundamental impact of religion on how it affects migrants in entrepreneurial intention or choice in their new or current location. The researchers of this paper have hereby used this work to examine and assess the impact of how religion affect migrants when attempting to make entrepreneurial choice or intention. From the pool of hundreds of respondents in the conducted research among migrants across different continents asking how their religion has played an impact on their entrepreneurial choice or intention. This work did expose that religion is a fundamental consideration and that it forms the basis for migrants when deciding on entrepreneurial choice or intention. High among respondents were Muslims and Christians, while not leaving out faithfuls from other religion such as Hindu, Jews and Buddhist. It was emphatic among majority that religion takes effect and impacts their decision to be an entrepreneur therefore it can be concluded from finding as analyzed with empirical verification that for migrants in their new or current location that religion impacts, affects and influences entrepreneurial decision, also that there is a link between entrepreneurial choice or intention and whatever faith practiced. The researcher makes use of a primary data in investigating the impact of religion on migrant entrepreneurship using SPSS version 20.0 in analyzing data gotten from respondents.

Keywords:

Belief, Entrepreneur, Migrant, Religion. Entrepreneur Intention.

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