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Entrepreneurship and Career Development Potentials for Nigerian Physicists

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Abstract

This paper review the entrepreneurial capacity among physicists and opportunities that abound to fresh graduates of physics who frequents white collar jobs. To achieve this, a critical assessment of who is an entrepreneur, features of the entrepreneurial process, levels of entrepreneurial development, essential characteristics of entrepreneurs, and perspectives of physics graduates in Nigeria was critically reviewed. The paper concluded that emphasis on adherences to entrepreneurial principles, practical contents and higher degree training in entrepreneurial physics would open up opportunities for fresh physicists within the myriads of job prospects in physics discipline.

DOI 10.11648/j.sjbm.s.2015030501.22
Published in Science Journal of Business and Management (Volume 3, Issue 5-1, September 2015)

This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Entrepreneurial Developments in Agribusiness

Page(s) 55-59
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Keywords

Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Physics, Physicists, Nigeria

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  • Department of Science Laboratory Technology, Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu, Ebonyi, Nigeria

  • Department of Science Laboratory Technology, Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu, Ebonyi, Nigeria

  • Dept of Agricultural and Bio-Environmental Engineering, Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu, Nigeria

  • Dept of Agricultural and Bio-Environmental Engineering, Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu, Nigeria

  • Dept of Computer Science and Software Engineering, University of Bedfordshire, Luton, UK

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