Investigation of the Entrepreneurship Tendencies of University Students: An Investigation in Atatürk University Cover Image

Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Girişimcilik Eğilimlerinin Araştırılması: Atatürk Üniversitesinde Bir Araştırma
Investigation of the Entrepreneurship Tendencies of University Students: An Investigation in Atatürk University

Author(s): M. Dursun Kaya, Dilşad Güzel, Betül Çubukçu
Subject(s): Economy, Higher Education , Demography and human biology, Accounting - Business Administration, Human Resources in Economy, Globalization
Published by: Kafkas Üniversitesi Sağlık, Kültür ve Spor Daire Başkanlığı Dijital Baskı Merkezi
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; young entrepreneur;

Summary/Abstract: Occurring with globalization, increased competitive environment have caused changing economic factors. This change along with have increased importance of individuals have characteristics such as innovation, risk taking, achievement, creativity, resistance to failure, determined and ambitious, independent acts. Surely, in this competitive environment one of the main conditions to be successful develop entrepreneurship features. An entrepreneur should approach everything as a starting point such as the education he has his ability to benefit from this education and the opportunities provided by the family and the society. In this study, students who studying at the Atatürk University, coming from different cultures and families, having different values; studying in the relevant sections of engineering, faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences and vocational college have preferred. A questionnaire for measurement of entrepreneurial intentions have been developed to trigger the students getting a start in business in the future as one entrepreneur and in order to determine whether they have the such kind of tendency or not. In the questionnaire, the main entrepreneurship features have been taken into consideration in measuring level of entrepreneurial intentions of the senior students who continue their education in the different sections of the Atatürk University. The comparative analyses of entrepreneurial features of the students from different sections have been made, taking into account demographic criteria. The obtained results have been evaluated and the current situations have been explicated, therefore the necessary proposal solutions for students have been tried to bring.

  • Issue Year: 1/2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 76-89
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Turkish