A Comparative Study of Attitudes towards Entrepreneurship between Polish and British Students

• Autorzy: Michał Chmielecki , Robert Seliga
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Background Entrepreneurship continues to gain momentum as a significant and relevant field of research. Policy makers in the rush to stimulate entrepreneurship in various countries, often rely on the success stories and prescriptions documented in the entrepreneurship literature in which most studies are set in the United States. Research aims The article present exploratory study addresses the subject of cross-cultural differences in attitudes towards entrepreneurship by focusing attention on two particular types of cultures of entrepreneurship British and Polish. Method The quantitative research (survey) was conducted in May 2014 among 153 Polish and 94 British graduate and postgraduate management students. Key findings The findings have some distinctive implications for government, policy makers and educators through determining the attitudes towards entrepreneurship among students.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

culture; entrepreneurship; attitudes; approaches; survey; analyses

• Wydawca: Sciendo
• Czasopismo: Przedsiębiorczość i Zarządzanie
• Rocznik: 2015
• Tom: 16
• Numer: 2
• Strony: 89-107

Daty

wydano

2015-02-01

online

2015-03-25

Twórcy

autor

Michał Chmielecki

• University of Social Sciences

autor

Robert Seliga

• University of Social Sciences

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DOI

10.1515/eam-2015-0019