Entrepreneurship by Students in Tourism Degree Program. A Cross-Cultural Analysis

María Cruz del Río-Rama (), José Álvarez-García (), Carlos Rueda-Armengot () and Marta Peris-Ortiz ()
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María Cruz del Río-Rama: Universidad de Vigo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Turismo
José Álvarez-García: Universidad de Extremadura, Facultad de Empresas Finanzas y Turismo
Carlos Rueda-Armengot: Universitat Politécnica de Valencia
Marta Peris-Ortiz: Universitat Politècnica de València

Chapter Chapter 19 in Entrepreneurial Universities, 2017, pp 267-286 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The main objective of the research is to analyze the entrepreneurial attitude of university students of the Tourism Degree in Spain and Portugal, as well as insight into how they perceive that the studies carried out have assisted them to increase their entrepreneurial profile. The methodology consists of a descriptive analysis of the data obtained through a questionnaire administered using statistical tests of comparison of means, T-Student and Contingency tables allowing to check the hypotheses and analyze the differences between the two countries. The results show that over 65 % of students surveyed intend to create their own business, being greater in Portugal with 85 % and considering that for Spanish students the most important personal attributes that they must have are assuming responsibility for the decisions taken and easily adapting to changes in the case of Portugal, considered essential to be autonomous and making working hours be precise. In terms of training, students consider the discipline of entrepreneurship important for their education and they say they should have more courses related to entrepreneurship.

Keywords: Contingency tables; Cross-cultural analysis; Desirability; Entrepreneurial attitude; Entrepreneurial intention; Entrepreneurial spirit; Entrepreneurship; Intentionality; Models of entrepreneurial; Motivations; Obstacles; Personal attributes; Portugal; Potential entrepreneur; Spain; Test of comparison of means; Tourism degree; University education; University students; Viability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-47949-1_19

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