The Relationship Between Entrepreneurial Personality Characteristics and Career Plans of University Students Undergoing KOSGEB Applied Entrepreneurship Training: The Case of AKU Cover Image

KOSGEB Uygulamalı Girişimcilik Eğitimi Alan Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Girişimci Kişilik Özellikleri ve Kariyer Planları Arasındaki İlişki: AKÜ Örneği
The Relationship Between Entrepreneurial Personality Characteristics and Career Plans of University Students Undergoing KOSGEB Applied Entrepreneurship Training: The Case of AKU

Author(s): Ahmet Gençay DAĞLI, Koray GÜRPINAR
Subject(s): Higher Education , Personality Psychology, Sociology of the arts, business, education, Sociology of Education
Published by: İşletme Araştırmaları Dergisi
Keywords: Career Values; Career Planning; University; Entrepreneurial Personality Characteristics; Applied Entrepreneurship Education;

Summary/Abstract: Purpose – The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of entrepreneurial personality traits on career preferences of university students in Applied Entrepreneurship Education. Design/methodology/approach – The population of the study consisted of third and fourth grade students studying at Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Faculty of Technology and Tourism Faculty. The sample of the study consists of 595 students who received Applied Entrepreneurship Training and who returned to the survey from this group. In order to analyze the obtained data and determine the reliability of the questionnaire, SPSS statistical package program was used for social sciences. Reliability Analysis for measuring the reliability of the questionnaires through SPSS statistical package program, Normality Test for measuring whether the responses to the questionnaire are distributed normally, Factor Analysis for analyzing the value of the factor loadings of the questionnaire expressions and Multiple Regression Analysis, Independent Sample T-Test and Correlation Analysis were used for testing hypotheses. Findings - It was concluded that there was a significant relationship between entrepreneurial personality traits and career values of the students. It was found that the factor that has the most effect on entrepreneurial personality traits is pure challenge and the entrepreneurial personality trait that has the most impact on career values is the need for success.

  • Issue Year: 11/2019
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 2661-2679
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Turkish