Education towards Entrepreneurial Careers in a Czech College: An Empirical Study

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https://doi.org/10.7160/eriesj.2020.130101

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Entrepreneurship education, economic and uneconomic study programmes, attitude towards business, business education platforms

Abstract

The article presents the results of research into entrepreneurship education in economic and non-economic study programmes of the College of Polytechnics Jihlava (n = 104). The College represents a regional public college of professional orientation in the Vysočina Region, where the business potential is relatively high. Significant differences in attitudes concerning entrepreneurship among students of economic and non-economic programmes have not been proven. As well the correlation between attitudes (interest in conducting business, having preconceptions to start a business and subjective evaluation of one's own ideas) and the students' knowledge of entrepreneurship was not significantly demonstrated. Despite these insignificant differences, there have been links in students’ attitudes. Students of both programmes have a great interest in doing business even at the cost of having preconception to start a business. Above all, the high risk and uncertainty of business earnings are perceived very negatively. They also admit that they do not have enough knowledge and are thus afraid of starting a business, even though they have their own business ideas. Therefore, it is desirable to focus on new platforms for the development of entrepreneurship education and thus support the potential of students.

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2020-03-31

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Berková, K., Frendlovská, D., Závodný, J. P., Vojáčková, H. and Kolářová, D. (2020) ’Education towards Entrepreneurial Careers in a Czech College: An Empirical Study’, Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 01–09. https://doi.org/10.7160/eriesj.2020.130101

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