Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intention among University Students

Authors

  • Ewa Gano Politechnika Poznańska, Wydział Inżynierii Zarządzania,Katedra Przedsiębiorczości i Komunikacji w Biznesie
  • Teresa Łuczka Politechnika Poznańska, Wydział Inżynierii Zarządzania, Katedra Przedsiębiorczości i Komunikacji w Biznesie

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24917/20833296.161.3

Keywords:

entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial attitudes, entrepreneurial intention, university students, own business

Abstract

The purpose of the research presented in this article is to learn about students’ entrepreneurial predispositions and willingness to run a business, the barriers to entrepreneurship and the factors that encourage undertaking business activity. The article is based on the results of own research carried out among university students aged 19-25. The research was carried out among 540 students in Wielkopolska region. Criteria taken into consideration focused on gender and place of residence of respondents. Survey questions concerned entrepreneurial predispositions, available knowledge on starting the business activities, barriers and factors discouraging business undertakings and the forms of supporting entrepreneurship expected by the students. The main, empirical part of the article is based on research carried out by the authors. While the first part reveals students’ characteristics, further parts explore entrepreneurial intentions of academic students, as well as factors and barriers that are relevant for the development of their entrepreneurial attitudes and their training needs in order to run their own business. Research results revealed that readiness to undertake economic activity could be stimulated by many factors. The results of the research also indicate deficiencies in students’ knowledge on how to run their own business.

Author Biographies

Ewa Gano, Politechnika Poznańska, Wydział Inżynierii Zarządzania,Katedra Przedsiębiorczości i Komunikacji w Biznesie

Ewa Gano, MSc, graduate of the Faculty of Computer Science and Management at the Poznan University of Technology, currently a PhD student at the Faculty of Management Engineering, Department of Entrepreneurship and Business Communication at the same university. She has completed post-graduate studies in Mathematics at the Faculty of Mathematics of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan and post-graduate studies in Education Management also at UAM. The author’s research interests focus on SME entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial attitudes of children, youth and students.

Teresa Łuczka, Politechnika Poznańska, Wydział Inżynierii Zarządzania, Katedra Przedsiębiorczości i Komunikacji w Biznesie

Teresa Łuczka, professor, DSc, Poznan University of Technology Faculty of Management Engineering, Head of the Chair of Entrepreneurship and Business Communication; Head of Doctoral Studies. Author of numerous publications dealing with SMEs.

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Published

2020-06-24

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Gano, E. ., & Łuczka, T. . (2020). Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intention among University Students. Entrepreneurship – Education, 16(1), 31–44. https://doi.org/10.24917/20833296.161.3

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Vol. 16 No. 1 (2020): The role of entrepreneurship in education and in the development of organisations and spatial systems

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