Entrepreneurial Competencies Among Students of College of Business Administration and Management (CBAM) at Sulu State College

Abstract

The research study entitled “Entrepreneurial Competence among Students of College of Business Administration and Management (CBAM) at Sulu State College” answered the following questions:1. What is the demographic profile of student-respondents in terms of gender, age, parent’s average monthly income, parent’s educational attainment, and year level? 2. What is the level of entrepreneurial competencies of among students of CBAM at Sulu State College in context of opportunity competencies, relationship competencies, conceptual competencies, organizing competencies, strategic competencies, and commitment competencies. 3. Is there a significant difference in the level of entrepreneurial competencies among students of CBAM at Sulu State College when data are classified according to demographic profile? 4. Is there a significant correlation among the levels subsumed under level of entrepreneurial competencies among students of CBAM at Sulu State College? A descriptive research design method was employed in this study. One hundred (100) students of CBAM at Sulu State College were the main source of data which were quantified to answer the research questions in this study. This study was conducted at the CBAM at Sulu State College during the Academic Year 2024-2025. A non-probability sampling design through purposive sampling method was employed in this study. A survey questionnaire was the main instrument employed to gather data on the level of entrepreneurial competencies among students of CBAM at Sulu State College. Competencies questionnaire was adapted and patterned with slight medication from Phelan, Chris (2014) Model of Competency Cluster derived from Man, Lau and Chan (2002) entrepreneurial skills and competencies. The research instrument used in this study consists of two parts. Part I of the questionnaire focused on obtaining the demographic profile of the students of CBAM at Sulu State College. Part II was geared towards obtaining data on the level of entrepreneurial competencies of CBAM students. For research problem number one 1, frequency counts and percentage was employed to determine the profile of student-respondents. For research problem number two 2, mean and standard deviation was employed to determine the level of entrepreneurial competencies. For research problem number 3, t-test for independent samples were employed to determine the significant differences in the level of entrepreneurial competencies when data are grouped according to gender; and One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was employed to determine the significant differences when data are grouped according to age, parent’s educational attainment, parent’s average monthly income, and year level. For research question number 4, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (Pearson r) was employed to determine the degree of correlation among the sub-categories subsumed under the level of entrepreneurial competencies. The female respondents are more than the male respondents, either 20 years old and below or between 21 – 22 years old, majority of parents earn P10,000.00 and below each month, one – third finished Bachelor’s Degree /Vocational, and equal number of respondents were taken from each year level. The respondents indicated often on the level of competencies among CBAM students at Sulu State College in the context of opportunity competencies, relationship competencies, conceptual competencies, organizing competencies, strategic competencies, and commitment competencies. The null hypothesis is accepted in terms of gender, age, parent’s average monthly income, parent’s educational attainment, and year level. There is a very high correlation among the levels subsumed under the level of entrepreneurial competencies among CBAM students at Sulu State College.