Shaping entrepreneurial attitudes among students – results,
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Kształtowanie postaw przedsiębiorczych wśród studentów: efekty, możliwości i trudności
Shaping entrepreneurial attitudes among students – results, possibilities and difficulties

Author(s): Danuta Wiśniewska
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Adult Education, Higher Education , Methodology and research technology
Published by: Uniwersytet Ignatianum w Krakowie
Keywords: education; entrepreneurial education; entrepreneurial attitudes; university; secondary school; employers;

Summary/Abstract: Research objective: The aim of this article is to determine the conditions and present the results of studies conducted in the area of developing entrepreneurial attitudes among students. The research problem and methods: The research problem is centered around the search for conditions conductive to shaping entrepreneurial attitudes in the educational process in secondary schools and universities. Entrepreneurial attitudes are investigated by reviewing studies on entrepreneurship among students and on the assessment of graduates of business universities by their potential employers. The research method applied in the article is a critical review of literature. The process of argumentation: In the first part the author focuses on the results of studies on the process of entrepreneurship education in high schools and on the opinion of students on setting up their own business. The next part presents the results of studies on entrepreneurship among students connected with their willingness to set up their own business and various related issues, such as barriers and obstacles or steps taken in order to set up a firm. Finally, the author discusses the assessment of the level of preparation of graduates to conduct their own business activity from the perspective of potential employers. Research results: The author concludes that students are willing to undertake entrepreneurial activities, but are afraid of their own lack of knowledge regarding starting and running their own businesses. Conclusions, innovations and recommendations: The author indicates that the programs of entrepreneurship education in higher education should put more emphasis on issues connected with formalities required while setting up a business activity and raising funds for it.

  • Issue Year: 15/2016
  • Issue No: 34
  • Page Range: 157-173
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish