Entrepreneurial attitude, and the influence of personal attributes of students in higher education
Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Attitude, Demographic Variables, Economic Variables, One-way ANOVAAbstract
Entrepreneurship is one’s psychological aspiration. Situations and conditions may be favourable or unfavourble but dreamt guys never give up their aspirations. Timely, this hints towards their dreams. Their aspirations will pull them toward their dreams in the future. The present study has taken place to identify such aspirations (attitudes) in the young generation who aspire to do either Management or Science & Technology in their master’s education. The sample (472) was taken from Tier II and III towns in Andhra Pradesh India. By following statistical analysis, the study found a significant association between the dependent variable “Entrepreneurial Attitude'' and the independent variables Demographic factors and Economic Factors. There was a strong correlation between dependent and independent variables. This study explained all these variables in detail in the research article. The study was not supported by any grants or foundations.
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