Abstract

The philosophy of Clothing, Textile and Interior Decoration in the department of Home Science and Management is to produce graduates that are adequately equipped with comprehensive theoretical knowledge and practical skills required to succeed in any enterprise within their career. Yearly, thousands of graduates are turned out with no jobs and the few that are self-employed experience multi-facet challenges that inhibits business success and discourage motivation to establish a business. This study assessed the Entrepreneurial Personality Trait of final year students of Clothing, Textile and Interior Decoration prior to business start-up and their future plan after graduation. All the final year students were used for the study. Questionnaire was used to gather the data which was designed using Granger and Sterling Personal Assessment Scale. The result shows that about one-third of the students (32.14%) have plan to be self- employed after graduation, 14.29% want to travel abroad, 28.57% want to further their academic career while 25% want to secure job in either private or public sector. The average Personality Score of the Students is 74.06 (Mid-to-Lower Range) indicating that the students need to spend more time to develop their entrepreneurial skills so as to succeed in a socio-economic challenging environment.

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