Abstract
The aim of this study is to determine the general competency beliefs and entrepreneurial levels of undergraduate students studying at faculty of sports sciences by different demographic variables.The sample group consists of total 1230 students, 541 women and 689 men, who have been educated in the sport sciences of five different universities and have been chosen by chance.In this study, the entrepreneurship scale, composed of 36 items, developed by Yılmaz and Sümbül (2009) and the entrepreneurship scale, developed by Jerusalem and Schwarzer (1992) and General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), composed of 10 items, developed and adapted to Turkish by Çelikkaleli and Çapri (2008) were used as data collection tool.For statistical analysis of the data obtained from the study, the mean and frequency distributions were obtained. In order to determine the relationship between gender variables and the scores of the participants, t-test was performed and ANOVA test was performed to determine the relationship between the grades (points/marks) of the participants. Kruskal Wallis test was used for non-parametric tests because the variables studied did not meet the normal distribution and homogeneity conditions. In order to determine the relationship between the two scales, Pearson correlation test was performed and presented as results and tables. For statistical significance .05 significance level was selected.The results of the study show that the group has a high level of competency and entrepreneurship, that there is no meaningful relationship between gender variables and general competency and entrepreneurship levels, but that there is a meaningful relationship with the university variables they are studying. It has been determined that there is a positive correlation between the general level of competence of the students and the levels of entrepreneurship.
Highlights
The concept of entrepreneurship is initially considered only as a concept of Economics, the intensive business life of the globalizing world is increasing the focus of all Sciences on entrepreneurship (Şeşen & Basım, 2012)
It has been determined that there is a positive correlation between the general level of competence of the students and the levels of entrepreneurship
The entrepreneurial tendency refers to the willingness, determination and predisposition of the individual to do his job by making a new venture (Bozkurt, 2011; Chelariu, Brashear, Osmonbekov & Zait, 2008; Wiklund & Shepherd, 2008)
Summary
The concept of entrepreneurship is initially considered only as a concept of Economics, the intensive business life of the globalizing world is increasing the focus of all Sciences on entrepreneurship (Şeşen & Basım, 2012). Entrepreneurship was initially defined as an attempt to start a business, to start a business and to take risks on this road, and expanded as activities to reveal different views, to transform them into products and services and to market them (Zhao, 2005). Entrepreneurship can be defined as a process in which individuals explore, evaluate and utilize various processes and resources to take advantage of certain opportunities (Shane & Venkataraman, 2000). Among the common characteristics of entrepreneurship are profit making (Hallak, Brown & Lindsay, 2011) initiative, persuasion, problem solving (Gibb, 1987), motivation, having the necessary resources (Gibb & Ritchie 1982), creative and innovative activities, good observation, high imagination, ambition, passion (Similor & Sexton 1996), dynamism, stubbornness and creativity (Bridge, O’Neil & Martin, 1998). When we say entrepreneurship tendency of students studying at the University, we see the potential entrepreneur concept (Chelariu et al, 2008)
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