Entrepreneurial training and pre-retirement anxiety among public servants in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study sought to determine if any relationship exists between entrepreneurial training of public servants and their pre-retirement anxiety. To achieve this, one hypothesis was formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. A sample size of 1,500 respondents was drawn from the population of all public servants in the state, through stratified random sampling and simple random sampling. A questionnaire was constructed, validated and administered to the respondents drawn from different departments and schools. The research design adopted for the study was Ex-post facto. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used for data analysis. The study revealed that there was a significant inverse relationship between entrepreneurial training and public servants pre-retirement anxiety. It was recommended that public servants should undergo entrepreneurial training for skill acquisition while still in service. There is need for appropriate enlightenment programmes on retirement issues to be periodically organized for workers by government and non-government organizations to effectively prepare them for retirement. This will help to alleviate pre-retirement anxiety and at the same time bring about sustainable livelihood in post-retirement years.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial, training, retirement, anxiety