Implications of Entrepreneurial Intentions of Romanian Secondary Education Students, over the Romanian Business Market Development

Amalia Furdui,Lucian Lupu-Dima,Eduard Edelhauser

doi:10.3390/pr9040665

Abstract

The study investigates the Romanian entrepreneurial education training program emphasizing the secondary education student entrepreneurial intents included in technical and professional Vocational Education Training (VET) programs, in order to identify its role in increasing student intention in the process of choosing a career as an entrepreneur among graduates of the vocational and technical Romanian education system. The study research methodology was based on the interpretation of two questionnaires consisting of 23 questions, which were applied to a population of 253 and 159 respondents. The survey period was conducted between 2019 and 2020. The respondents were students from the vocational and technical education system in Romania, mostly from the Central Region of Romania, but the results of the study could be extended to the entire Romanian education system. The data were processed using SPSS software, and the results of the study revealed direct, positive, and significant links between psychological and behavioral traits and entrepreneurial intentions of the student surveyed, moderated by the entrepreneurial education acquired through the school curriculum. These results could also be the basis for developing future policies and programs to encourage entrepreneurial behavior, especially for secondary education students from the Romanian education system, specifically on pre-university education.

Highlights

Over the last decade, entrepreneurship has become an important economic and social topic, as well as a well-known research topic in the world
The majority of empirical studies have shown that entrepreneurship can be learned, and education can stimulate young people’s intention to become an entrepreneur. This has contributed to a continuous increase in the number of entrepreneurship programs; the impact that entrepreneurial education has on the intention to become an entrepreneur has remained largely unexplored
This study aims to investigate the role of entrepreneurial education programs in the entrepreneurial intention of young people, in order to identify the role that entrepreneurship education has on increasing young people’s intention in the process of choosing an entrepreneur career among graduates of vocational and technical education in Romania, Centre Region

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Introduction

Entrepreneurship has become an important economic and social topic, as well as a well-known research topic in the world. Entrepreneurship is important because it leads to increased economic efficiency, creates new jobs, and brings innovation to the market. The majority of empirical studies have shown that entrepreneurship can be learned, and education can stimulate young people’s intention to become an entrepreneur. This has contributed to a continuous increase in the number of entrepreneurship programs; the impact that entrepreneurial education has on the intention to become an entrepreneur has remained largely unexplored. The study of youth entrepreneurship contributes to a better understanding of the process of creating employment opportunities for young people. Not many aspects of young people’s entrepreneurial attitudes, young people’s entrepreneurial motivations, and incentives and barriers are known [1,2]

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