AN EVALUATION OF CHARACTERISTICS OF ENTREPRENEURS BY STUDENTS OF CZECH AND SLOVAKIAN UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR TENDENCY TOWARDS ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Ján Dvorský,Martina Jurigová,Zora Petráková

doi:10.12955/cbup.v6.1138

Abstract

The aim of this article is to compare the assessment of significance of personality characteristics of entrepreneurs in the Czech and Slovak Republic as well as the tendency of students to start entrepreneurships after graduating from university. The research sample consisted of 409 students from 14 universities studying business in the last year in the Czech Republic and 568 students from 8 universities studying in the Slovak Republic. In order to meet the paper’s aim, statistical hypotheses were formulated and validated using the Z-score method. One result is that students working in universities in the Slovak Republic are more interested that Czech students in doing business within three years after finishing their studies, unless unexpected circumstances happen in their families. More than 75% of the addressed students at the Slovak university considered endurance, expertise, responsibility and risk awareness as the most important qualities of an entrepreneur. More than 60% of Czech students have the same opinion. There are significant differences in opinions of the students from the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic.

Highlights

The main theme during the economic and financial crisis of 2007/2008 was the unemployment of young people with college education (Lenaro et al, 2015; Papadaki et al, 2017)
In the following tables (Table 1, Table 2, Table 3, Table 4 and Table 5), we present the results of the comparison of the assessments of attitudes of students to the personality characteristics of entrepreneur and the tendency of students for entrepreneurship after finishing university
Significant determinants of the students' tendency to start a business after graduation are: their social environment, the state business support, entrepreneurial characteristics, and entrepreneurial advantages and disadvantages

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Introduction

The main theme during the economic and financial crisis of 2007/2008 was the unemployment of young people with college education (Lenaro et al, 2015; Papadaki et al, 2017). Ten years have passed since the beginning of the 2007/2008 economic and financial crisis. One of the main indicators of the quality of higher education is the ability of graduates to prove competent in the business environment of their country (Dacin et al, 2010; Jones et al, 2011). Young people focusing on economic studies are among the group of people representing the future engine of micro-enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises thanks to their qualities (acquired by the academic, family and social environment)

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