Entrepreneurship Tendencies of University Students: A Research on A Foundation University in Mersin Cover Image

Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Girişimcilik Eğilimleri: Mersin İlinde Bulunan Bir Vakıf Üniversitesi Üzerine Araştırma
Entrepreneurship Tendencies of University Students: A Research on A Foundation University in Mersin

Author(s): Onur Başar Özbozkurt, Vildan Birsen, Abdullah Şahin
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Higher Education , Socio-Economic Research
Published by: İşletme Araştırmaları Dergisi
Keywords: Entrepreneur; Entrepreneurship tendency; University;

Summary/Abstract: Purpose – This study aims to measure the entrepreneurship tendencies of the students who are studying in the International Business, International Finance and Banking, International Relations and International Trade and Logistics Departments in the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at a foundation university in Mersin and to contribute to related literature. Design/methodology/approach – In the context of this study, the "Entrepreneurship Scale" developed by Yılmaz and Sünbül (2009) was used to identify the students’ entrepreneurship tendencies. The data were collected by questionnaires from 267 undergraduate students through an easy sampling method and were analyzed by factor analysis, frequency analysis, and descriptive statistics by using SPSS 23.0 programme.

  • Issue Year: 11/2019
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 1644-1655
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Turkish