Abstract
The current competitive environment and globalization processes create pressures on education processes at universities. Increasing business opportunities, business creation and business development is also one of the forms of unemployment. To do this, education for entrepreneurship at various levels of education is essential, as well as active support for infrastructure resources in the economy. High school students represent a significant group of young people with a sufficient knowledge base, analytical, creative and practical skills that are essential to building entrepreneurial self-confidence. Many research studies declare gender differences in the approach to entrepreneurship that have an impact on decision-making processes in the application of graduates of higher education. To eliminate these differences, it is important to explore in more detail the factors that cause them. This was also an incentive for our research. We realized online survey among students of Slovak universities in 2017. Our objective was to find which socioeconomic determinants of entrepreneurship are dependent on gender of students at Slovak universities. We wanted to know also how propensity for entrepreneurship is influenced by gender. From our results we can conclude that gender of students is significant determinant of attitude toward both entrepreneurship environment (p
Highlights
In the current period, the interest in the development of entrepreneurship among young people is increasing
These aspects supported us in a deeper study of the issue where we focused on the gender differences in attitudes of university students in Slovakia towards the socio-economic determinants of the business environment and the development of entrepreneurship
Basic statistical characteristics of students' attitudes towards entrepreneurship grouped by gender are in table 1
Summary
The interest in the development of entrepreneurship among young people is increasing. Business development in the country is linked to the structural aspects of the economy, with a segment of small and medium-sized businesses taking the lead (Androniceanu, 2015; Ključnikov et al 2016; Machová et al 2017; Dobeš et al 2017; Kozubíková et al 2017) Their emergence and action is important especially where conditions for the operation of large institutions are not suitable. New education programs must focus on entrepreneurial competences, multi-dimensional problems, creativity, creative and innovative activities, and so on (Dragolea et al 2017; Estaswara, 2016) This requires a specific approach to learningbased learning processes, as students perceive particular aspects and conditions of business, and whether their tendency towards entrepreneurship is modifiable by promoting quality learning processes (Upadhyay, 2017). We wanted to know how propensity for entrepreneurship is influenced by gender
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