UNIVERSITY STUDENTS VIEWS ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Year 2021, Volume: 5 Issue: 8, 157 - 179, 28.08.2021

Yusuf Kalkan , Adnan Kalkan

Abstract

Especially in the period when global unemployment among young people is increasing, the importance of entrepreneurship becomes evident in the works carried out to create employment. In this study, a research was conducted to understand the order of importance of the qualifications that should be in an entrepreneur among students who continue their higher education. This research aims to reveal the general perspectives and views of third year students taking an entrepreneurship course in Management Information Systems department on entrepreneurship. In this prepared study, the general ideas and opinions of the students on entrepreneurship were explained. As a data collection tool, open and closed-ended questionnaires were used and these questionnaires were applied to the students in Management Information Systems, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University. It should be considered a successful entrepreneur features in Turkey include foresight, respectively, while the self-confidence and be patient; lack of business plans and insufficient capital were among the underlying reasons for entrepreneurs' failure, respectively. The proportion of students as a new opportunity entrepreneurship in Turkey was 85.7 percent and the percentage of blind as a new opportunity was 13.2. The proportion of students entrepreneurship as a career opportunity in Turkey was 86.8 percent and the percentage of 11 was realized as blind as a career opportunity. The rate of students not recommend one close him for entrepreneurs in Turkey is 76.4 percent, while that proportion of students recommend them has been 16.5 percent. It was also observed that there was no significant difference between female and male students to those answers.

Keywords

Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Characteristics, Causes of Failure

Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Girişimcilik Üzerine Görüşleri

Abstract

Özellikle gençler arasında küresel işsizliğin arttığı dönemde istihdam yaratmak için yapılan çalışmalarda girişimciliğin önemi ortaya çıkmaktadır. Bu çalışmada yüksek öğrenime devam eden öğrenciler arasında bir girişimcide olması gereken vasıfların önem sırasını anlamak için araştırma yapılmıştır. Bu araştırmanın amacı; Girişimcilik dersi alan Yönetim Bilişim Sistemleri bölümü üçüncü sınıf öğrencilerinin girişimcilik konusundaki genel bakış açılarını ve görüşlerini ortaya koymaktır. Hazırlanan bu çalışmada öğrencilerin girişimcilik konusundaki genel fikir ve görüşleri açıklanmıştır. Veri toplama aracı olarak açık ve kapalı uçlu soru formu kullanılmış ve bu soru formları Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi’nin Yönetim Bilişim Sistemleri bölümü öğrencilerine uygulanmıştır. Türkiye’de başarılı bir girişimcide olması gerektiği düşünülen özellikler arasında sırasıyla ileri görüşlülük, özgüven ve sabırlı olmak yer alırken; girişimcilerin başarısız olmalarının altında yatan nedenler arasında ise sırasıyla iş planının olmaması ve yeterli sermayenin olmaması yer almıştır. Türkiye’de girişimciliği yeni bir fırsat olarak gören öğrencilerin oranı %85,7 iken yeni bir fırsat olarak görmeyenlerin oranı ise %13,2 olmuştur. Türkiye’de girişimciliği bir kariyer fırsatı olarak gören öğrencilerin oranı %86,8 iken kariyer fırsatı olarak görmeyenlerin oranı ise %11 olarak gerçekleşmiştir. Öğrencilerin %76,4’ü yakınlarından birine Türkiye’de girişimci olmayı tavsiye ederken tavsiye etmeyecek öğrencilerin oranı ise %16,5 olmuştur. Verilen bu cevaplara kız ve erkek öğrenciler arasında anlamlı bir farkın olmadığı da görülmüştür.

Keywords

Girişimcilik, Girişimcilik Özellikleri, Başarısızlık Nedenleri

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