Badanie postaw przedsiębiorczych studentów ekonomii
Research on Entrepreneurial Attitudes of Students of Economics

Summary/Abstract: Entrepreneurship of the individual becomes particularly important at the stage of transition from the learning system to the first permanent professional work. This time determines the decisions regarding future professional activity. Internal conditions should be considered the key to the success of the initiated projects. They focus on the individual – his/her subjective capabilities, predispositions to manifest entrepreneurial initiative, overcome difficulties or cope with stress. The aim of the study is to assess the entrepreneurial attitudes of students of Economics. The article contains theoretical considerations and results of pilot empirical research. The survey was carried out on a group of students of Department of Economics from University of Rzeszów who are moving from the education system to the labour market. The results of the research conducted prove that the respondents declare features characteristic for entrepreneurial people – most of them assess their disposition to entrepreneurship as average at least. Hence, in order to take advantage of the potential of young people, it is necessary to support entrepreneurial initiatives by creating specific conditions both at the macroeconomic level and within the organisation, especially within the education system.

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