Entrepreneurial Barriers and Motivational Factors Influencing the Engagement of BTLED Students at Ifugao State University

This study looked at Ifugao State University's Lagawe Campus Bachelor of Technology and Livelihood Education (BTLED) students' participation, motivators, and obstacles to entrepreneurship. It specifically sought to ascertain the degree of perceived obstacles in terms of lack of experience, financial limitations, lack of support, and fear of failure; identify the motivating factors in terms of personal interest, economic necessity, family/community influence, and desire for self-reliance; and evaluate students' entrepreneurial engagement in terms of participation in entrepreneurial activities, business involvement, willingness to pursue entrepreneurship, and frequency of entrepreneurial idea generation. The study also investigated the important connections between entrepreneurial participation, motivators, and obstacles.
Purposive sampling was used to pick fifty-five (55) BTLED students as respondents for a descriptive-correlational study design. A structured questionnaire was used to collect the data, and Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient, weighted mean, and standard deviation were used for analysis.
The results showed that the biggest obstacle to entrepreneurship is money, whereas inexperience, a lack of support, and a fear of failing were thought to be moderate obstacles. Students were highly motivated by self-reliance, family/community influence, economic necessity, and personal enthusiasm. It was discovered that entrepreneurial engagement was high in willingness and idea production but moderate in participation and commercial involvement. According to correlation analysis, entrepreneurial participation is more strongly and significantly correlated with motivational variables than with impediments.
According to the study's findings, BTLED students' strong motivation has a greater impact on their entrepreneurial goals and involvement even when they confront contextual and financial obstacles. To further promote students' entrepreneurial skills, it is advised that the institution improve mentorship programs, strengthen entrepreneurship training, and offer financial assistance mechanisms.

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