PROPENSITY FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AMONG COLLEGE UNDERGRADUATES: THE CASE OF A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN NORTH-EASTERN PORTUGAL

Maria Isabel BARREIRO Ribeiro (), António José GONÇALVES Fernandes () and Francisco Diniz ()
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Maria Isabel BARREIRO Ribeiro: Bragança Polytechnic Institute, Bragança, Centre for Transdisciplinary Development Studies, Vila Real,Research Unit for Inland Development, Guarda,Portugal
António José GONÇALVES Fernandes: Bragança Polytechnic Institute , Bragança, Centre for Transdisciplinary Development Studies, Vila Real,Portugal

Regional Science Inquiry, 2013, vol. V, issue 2, 75-85

Abstract: This study looked into the entrepreneurial ability of the students of a public university in Bragança (Portugal) to identify differentiation factors of their entrepreneurial potential. A quantitative, transversal, and observational analysis was conducted involving 598 student participants. Data gathering took place between November and December 2012 and used the Entrepreneurial Potential Indicator questionnaire. The respondents were mostly female (61.0%), between 18 and 21 years old (53.8%), corresponding to an average of 22.6 years of age (±4.59), studied under an ordinary regime (82.6%), were from the northern region (83.9%), lived in an urban centre (53.8%) and attended the first study cycle (92.8%) of two scientific areas, namely Education Sciences (28.4%) and Technology and Management (28.4%). Over half of the respondents showed entrepreneurial skills (72.4%). Of all the human capital factors considered, the attendance regime was the only one which had no influence on the entrepreneurial potential. In fa

Keywords: Higher Education; Entrepreneurial potential; Trás-os-Montes; Portugal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D21 D24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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