Research Article

The Effect of Demographic Factors on Entrepreneurship Tendency: The Case of Aksaray University and Usak University

Volume: 14 Number: 4 December 29, 2022
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The Effect of Demographic Factors on Entrepreneurship Tendency: The Case of Aksaray University and Usak University

Abstract

Entrepreneurship is influenced by the desire to achieve psychologically rather than economic motivations. (Yılmaz, Sünbül, 2009: 197) Entrepreneurship spirit and entrepreneurship tendencies are affected by many factors. In this study, the responses of students to the entrepreneurial tendency scale were examined in terms of demographic characteristics. It was observed that there was no significant difference between the two universities in terms of student’s creativity, their working methods and personal satisfaction, which are the three sub-dimensions of the entrepreneurship tendency. There was no significant difference among the genders in terms of working method and personal satisfaction. However, there was a significant difference between the genders in terms of creativity. We found that there was a significant difference between the first year and the second year of study among the creativity and personal satisfaction sub-dimensions. This could be cause that the students are better adapted to the university life and they could develop better ideas about business life with realistic plans. No significant difference was found among the income groups in terms of entrepreneurship tendency. This might be caused by the proximity of the income groups.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Business Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 29, 2022

Submission Date

May 16, 2021

Acceptance Date

October 5, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Volume: 14 Number: 4

APA
Kumcu, E. H., & Çetinel, M. H. (2022). The Effect of Demographic Factors on Entrepreneurship Tendency: The Case of Aksaray University and Usak University. Aksaray Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, 14(4), 365-374. https://doi.org/10.52791/aksarayiibd.937834