DOI: 10.36347/sjebm.2018.v05i12.004

Pages: 1116-1123

Mentoring as a catalyst for stimulating and sustaining firms’ entrepreneurial orientation is put into practice, it is considered to have significant impact on the entrepreneurial drive of firms. The study span across the six geo political zones in Nigeria with 314 participants. Structural equation model was used to analyse the data and construct. Following the model fit after a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), the path estimate of the hypothesis model indicates the significant relationship mentoring on entrepreneurial orientation. The findings revealed the importance of role modeling, psychosocial and vocational support in naturally boosting the entrepreneurial instinct of employees.