EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL SKILLS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP AMONG FOURTH GRADE PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL SKILLS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP AMONG FOURTH GRADE PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Summary/Abstract: Social skills, expressed through self-management, strong interaction, adaptability, and assertiveness, positively support entrepreneurial tendencies. Entrepreneurial skills are vital for sustaining life and utilizing resources. Thus, examining the relationship between social skills and entrepreneurial tendencies, and initiating entrepreneurship studies early, is crucial. This study investigates the relationship between fourthgrade students’ social skill levels and entrepreneurial tendencies using a relational survey model. The study included 393 voluntarily participating children with parental consent. Data were collected using the Entrepreneurial Tendency Inventory for Children (ÇGEE) and the Social Skills Scale. SPSS was used for analysis, with normality assessed via the Shapiro-Wilk test and variance homogeneity via the Levene test. Non-parametric tests (Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis, Bonferroni-Dunn) were applied due to unmet parametric assumptions. Relationships were evaluated with the Spearman Correlation Coefficient. Results show a moderately positive significant correlation (0.301) between social skills and entrepreneurial tendencies, with the latter explaining 30.8% of social skills scores. Increasing social skills and entrepreneurship activities for fourth graders is recommended.

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