Students’ Attitudes Towards Starting a Business, on the Example of Students at the University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów (Poland)

Abstract

Entrepreneurship understood as a manifestation of economic activity is an issue widely discussed in literature, especially in the field of economics. Today, a large part of society is involved in establishing and running a business, hence the shaping of entrepreneurial behaviors gains importance among all age groups, especially young people. The main objective of the conducted research was to examine the interest in starting their own business by students and to verify whether the direction of their studies or role in the group affects the students’ willingness to start a business and whether a family member runs a business influences this interest and moreover, whether capital and the idea are the two main criteria conditioning the decision.. The conclusions were based on a study, i.e. (mainly) the cross-analysis of data collected as part of a survey conducted among students of the University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów.

Financial and Non-Financial Aspects of Entrepreneurship - the Polish Perspective

“…It is worth mentioning that desire to start one's own business is the domain not only of economics or management students. It was confirmed based on the author's own research that students from professions other than economics or management plan to be entrepreneurs (Palimąka and Rodzinka, 2018). Pilarczyk (2017) examined a small group of Polish students in their last year of management studies.…”

Financial Literacy and New Business Entry

“…However, it should be noted that these trends are conditioned by the chosen field of study and specialisation (Palimąka, 2020). Thus, it cannot be said that the financial literacy shaped by study programs in various fields will influence entrepreneurial decisions in the same way (Palimąka & Rodzinka, 2018). For this reason, the results of some studies showing that financial literacy is not a decisive factor in creating a new economic entity are fully understandable (Ergun et al, 2018;Nurbaeti et al, 2019).…”