A Systematic Literature Review on Entrepreneurship and Direction for Future Research in Nigeria

Abstract

An entrepreneurship activity is necessity driven, that is why entrepreneurs have been on the increase in developed and developing countries, including Sub-Saharan countries. In spite of the integration of entrepreneurship in Nigeria’s curriculum as a way of reversing graduate joblessness trend by providing necessary teaching in entrepreneurial abilities so as to enable students to consider self-employment as a worthwhile career choice, little success has been recorded because graduates unemployment continue to skyrocket with 23.13% of unemployment rate as of 3^rd quarter of 2018. Based on the foregoing, a systematic review of entrepreneurship and direction for future research in Nigeria were carried out. We employed a substantial review method, because review literature offers organized and logical procedures for disparagingly analyzing research studies. Specifically, the search strings in the preceding section returned a total of 313 resources across the eight databases (Googlescholar, Emerald, Academia.edu, E-Library, Eric, Research Gate, Ebsco Host and Taylor & Francis). The screened articles exclude duplicates, articles not related to the three questions for the study. This resulted in a total of 45 papers that were repossessed for in-depth study and pondering on entrepreneurship. A total of 38 useful articles were retained for review and synthesis to produce an amalgamation of evidence-based conclusions. Findings revealed that despite the fact that studies in the past focused mainly on the area of entrepreneurship, yet, it has not solved the problem of joblessness in Nigeria. Based on the foregoing, it was suggested that future research should be focused on both theoretical and practical entrepreneurship education in secondary and higher education so that unemployment in Nigeria can be drastically reduced.