THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROPENSITY OF STUDENTS FOR STARTING A NEW BUSINESS AND THEIR KEY FACTORS

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROPENSITY OF STUDENTS FOR STARTING A NEW BUSINESS AND THEIR KEY FACTORS

Original language description

The aim of this article is to define and quantify the key indicators of the personality traits and the quality of university education which determine the perception of the entrepreneurial propensity of students for starting a new business in the Czech Republic (CR), Slovakia (SR) and Poland (PL). The partial aim is comparison the perception of the entrepreneurial propensity for starting a new business of students according nationality. Empirical research was realized through online questionnaire at base 1352 of students on the economic universities in last year of their study. The questionnaire was completed by 409 students from 14 universities in the CR, 375 students from 3 universities in PL, and 568 students from 8 universities in the SR. The statistical hypotheses were verified using the selected mathematical methods as is a structural equation modeling (SEM), linear regression models, descriptive statistics and so on. Our research showed interesting findings about student´s attitudes of the selected countries. The results showed that the entrepreneurial propensity of students in all countries is impact by the indicators of the personality traits and quality of university education of businesspersons. Slovak students gave the personality traits a higher impact to the entrepreneurial propensity for starting a new business than quality of university education. Polish and Czech students gave the quality of university education a higher impact to the entrepreneurial propensity for starting a new business than personality traits. According Slovak students, the personality traits have a higher impact to the entrepreneurial propensity for starting a new business than Czech and Polish students. The significant differences between student´s positive attitudes of the quality of university education were demonstrated. The results having been processed are the basic information for the academic community, public sector, ministry of education in country, and other organizations whose effort is to help the students in start a new business in her/his country.

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50204 - Business and management

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Proceedings of FEB Zagreb 10th International Odyssey Conference on Economics and Business

ISBN

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ISSN

2671-132X

e-ISSN

2671-132X

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

304-313

Publisher name

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business

Place of publication

Zagreb

Event location

Opatia

Event date

Jun 12, 2019

Type of event by nationality

EUR - Evropská akce

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