Young people’s entrepreneurial attitudes to creating and running business

• Autorzy: Skorupa Jakub , Stępień Sebastian

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.29119/1641-3466.2024.193.29

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Purpose: The main objective of the study is to indicate the determinants of taking up and running business by young people. Since the spatial scope of the research covers three countries, the authors aim to answer the question about similarities and differences between these states. In addition, the survey was conducted after the COVID-19 pandemic, hence part of the analysis includes issues related to the assessment of the crisis in terms of the economic activity of the surveyed individuals. Design/methodology/approach: the problem concerns the determinants of young people's entrepreneurial activity. The subject includes also entrepreneurial attitudes of actors under study and their approach to business. The empirical analysis involved students from selected universities in 3 countries: Poland, Romania and North Macedonia. The analysis was conducted using online survey questionnaire. The survey covered a total of 161 respondents. Findings: The students emphasised the role of competition as an element shaping the business environment. This factor influenced the relatively high proportion of those seeing difficulties in opening a new business. They realised that knowledge and education were helpful in achieving success in the market, although financial resources and luck were also important. In the consensus view of respondents, the pandemic increased the risk of operating for entrepreneurs. Research limitations/implications: firstly, the research sample is relatively small (especially for Macedonia) and purposively selected (students), thus the results cannot be representative of the entire population of young people in the selected countries. Secondly, the survey is static and does not indicate trends in the perception of the problem at hand. In the future, it is planned to repeat the analysis on a larger group of respondents in order to eliminate the weaknesses indicated. Originality/value: The article brings elements of originality in the layer concerning the attitudes of young people (students) towards entrepreneurship in a post-pandemic environment. The added value is the comparative analysis of the three countries included in the study.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

students; entrepreneurial attitudes; setting up and running business; questionnaire

PL

studenci; postawy przedsiębiorcze; zakładanie i prowadzenie działalności gospodarczej; kwestionariusz

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Śląskiej
• Czasopismo: Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: z. 193
• Strony: 533--543
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 15 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Skorupa Jakub

• Poznań University of Economics and Business

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4609-2583

autor

Stępień Sebastian

• Poznań University of Economics and Business

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9475-8418

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