Влияние ценностной сферы личности на психологическую готовность к предпринимательской деятельности

Abstract

The paper studies the influence of values and socio-psychological attitudes towards the psychological readiness for entrepreneurship of the students of humanitarian training programs. The study is caused by the demand of the government for the search, development, and support of initiative young people who are focused on entrepreneurial activity, who want to carry on individual business and benefit society. The empirical study sample involves the Humanities students. The research was carried out on the base of the laboratory of V.G. Timiryasov Kazan Innovative University. The M. Rokeach Value Survey, O.F. Potemkina’s “Social-Psychological Attitudes of a Personality in the Motivation-Need Sphere” test, and E.K. Klimova’s “The Diagnosis of Psychological Readiness for Entrepreneurial Activity” questionnaire were the diagnostic tools. The authors compiled the ranking of values and attitudes of students in the motivation-need sphere. It was determined that for the surveyed students, the concrete values – “health” and “self-confidence” are the most significant, and the abstract values, not related to their ego – “the beauty of nature” and “happiness of others” are the least significant. Among values-means, action and communication values and ethic values are significant. The students manifested a dominant attitude towards freedom and a low level of general psychological readiness for entrepreneurship combined with the pronounced intention to become entrepreneurs and high enterprise self-esteem. The authors established the influence of values and socio-psychological attitudes towards the psychological readiness for entrepreneurial activity of the Humanities students. The values of active life and life wisdom, the focus on money, freedom, altruism, and selfishness play an activating role in it.