Differential Effects of Entrepreneurship Development Programme on Dimensions of Entrepreneurship

Abstract

The study was conducted during the year 2014-2015 in three districts namely Bagalkot, Vijayapur and Uttar Kannada districts of North Karnataka. A sample of 50 trained and 50 untrained respondents were selected from each of the three districts making a total sample of 300 with an ex-post facto research design. The majority of the trained (58.67%) and untrained (66.67%) entrepreneurs belonged to middle age, seventy per cent of trained and untrained entrepreneurs belonged to the nuclear type of families. The study was conducted to know the diff erential eff ect of entrepreneurship development programmes on dimensions of entrepreneurship. Six main dimensions viz, leadership ability, decision making, confi dence level, management orientation, the establishment of enterprise and growth/expansion of enterprise were selected by consulting the experts and review of the literature. The component growth/expansion of enterprise got the highest mean score 84.05 for trained entrepreneurs whereas, the establishment of enterprise got the highest mean score 68.57 for untrained entrepreneurs and the highest index value was found in confi dence level 72.93 for trained and decision index 67.53 for untrained. The total impact index values were 70.15 for trained and 58.60 for untrained entrepreneurs. The ‘t’ value for the trained and untrained entrepreneurs was signifi cant and higher than the untrained entrepreneurs. This shows there is a diff erence in entrepreneurial qualities of trained and untrained entrepreneurs.