Entrepreneurial intention and obstacles of undergraduate students: the case of the universities of Andalusia

Mosia

2020

IJHE

This quantitative study analyzed and predicted gender differences of agriculture graduates’ attitudes towards and challenges in entrepreneurship in Botswana. The study adopted a descriptive and correlational survey research design. A valid and reliable questionnaire was used for data collection through a survey of randomly sampled 149 final year agriculture graduate students (n=149). Inferential statistical tools of Independent t-test and Regression analysis were used for data analysis. The findings of the study determined three important attitudinal factors as: entrepreneurship results in economic growth of a country, employability and income generation and, entrepreneurship improves individual and social growth. Three important constraints in entrepreneurship were lack of land, lack of proper infrastructure and, lack of capital. These top attitudinal factors as well as constraints were the same for the male and female graduates despite of their ranking and importance. A gender difference in students’ attitudes towards entrepreneurship was established while no gender difference in the challenges in entrepreneurship was found. Out of fifteen constraints in entrepreneurship under study, only three constraints namely, lack of land, high competition in market and lack of capital, were determined as significant predictors of the graduates’ attitudes towards entrepreneurship. It is recommended that these three factors be made priorities while making policies for entrepreneurship development in the country. Further study is recommended to explore the perceptions of graduates on the possible ways to improve on these three predicting constraints and explore latent constraints predicting graduates’ attitude towards entrepreneurship. Those findings may provide better ideas in planning policies for entrepreneurial development among agriculture graduates in Botswana.

Section: Entrepreneurial Attitude and Gendermentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender Differences in Entrepreneurial Attitudes and Constraints: Do the Constraints Predict University Agriculture Graduates’ Attitudes towards Entrepreneurship?

Mosia

2020

IJHE

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

“…However, this is not the case among non-entrepreneurs. Figure 1 shows that the value of the optimism index is null among non-entrepreneurs: this may explain their lack of interest in possible entrepreneurial opportunities and their desire to look for, for example, other work alternatives (Arranz et al, 2018).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

How do motivational factors influence entrepreneurs’ perception of business opportunities in different stages of entrepreneurship?

Poblete

Sena

Arróyabe

2019

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, it analyses the relationship between optimism about the emergence of future entrepreneurial opportunities and the length of the entrepreneurial experience; second, it aims to identify the external factors that can moderate this relationship.Our empirical analysis is conducted on a cross-national sample of 450,000 individuals drawn from the Adult Population Survey (APS), which is collected by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) consortium and covers the period from 2009 to 2011. Our results find an inverted U-shaped relationship between the length of the entrepreneurial experience and our indicator of optimism. Additionally, the relationship between optimism and length of entrepreneurial experience is conditioned by a set of external-factor moderators, such as social capital and the individuals' perception of how valued entrepreneurship is as a career choice in their country.

“…A number of publications discuss examples of introducing EE in individual countries or universities in diverse socio-cultural contexts, in particular, in Greece [28], Spain [29], Holland [30], Belgium [31], Sweden [32], France and the USA [4], Finland [1], Canada [26] and several other countries.…”

Section: Implementation Of Entrepreneurial Education In a Training Prmentioning

confidence: 99%

Entrepreneurship education as a factor of society’s modernization

Korzhov

Pasko

2020

SHS Web Conf.

Entrepreneurship education (EE) is often regarded as one of the most important elements of the policy of stimulating small business and self-employment, creating start-ups and innovative business projects. The implementation of EE in the system of professional training at a new stage in the development of society could significantly increase the potential of using universities in the process of economic growth. The article sheds light on the nature and features of EE, analyzes the prospects and difficulties of its integration with other areas of training. The study demonstrates great prospects for the implementation of EE into the program of higher education training. EE has to be concentrated around several important characteristics of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs themselves. The implementation of EE at the curriculum and extra-curriculum activities at the institutions of higher education of Ukraine, the combination of theoretical, problem- and project-oriented learning with the immersion into practical activities concerned with business planning, creating and running, training of students in groups together with nascent and experienced entrepreneurs would be extremely useful and productive in terms of motivating more and more young people to take an entrepreneurial path and achieve prosperity and selfactualization. The practical realization of EE will contribute to the formation of more resilient and competitive local communities as well as a more inclusive, just, equal, and happy society.