Postawy przedsiębiorcze młodzieży w najmniejszych miastach regionu łódzkiego
Entrepreneurial attitudes of young people in the smallest towns of the Łódź region (Poland)

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to define and assess the entrepreneurial potential of young people and, against that background, to draw attention to barriers that potentially, in the future, may hinder young people from entering the role of entrepreneurs. This analysis is based on the concept of attitude by S. Nowak (1973). Therefore, the study took into account its three components – cognitive, emotional-evaluating and behavioural. The article is based on the analysis of the literature on the subject and field research with the use of a questionnaire. The research group consisted of high school students from selected cities of the Łódź region (Poland) where there is at least one public secondary school. The research revealed that the respondents are characterised by a well-balanced level of the individual components of their attitude, which means that both the level of their knowledge about entrepreneurship, their emotional attitude to this phenomenon, and the willingness to undertake their own activity are at a balanced level. The local environment remains the greatest barrier to the full development of entrepreneurial attitudes of young people in the study area.

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