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Entrepreneurial attitude of students - comparative study between China and Poland

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  • Sandra Misiak-Kwit

    (University of Szczecin, Poland)

  • Yunhua Zhang

    (Ningbo University, China)

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One of the crucial topics in the field of entrepreneurship is analysis of having a specific entrepreneurial mindset. In this paper Authors investigate perception of chosen characteristics of entrepreneurial person in China and Poland. Consequently, the primary aim of this paper is to discover differences and similarities of view regarding the characteristics of entrepreneurial person in China and Poland. The secondary aim is to examine the intensions to start a company and verify whether the students in analysed countries regard themselves as entrepreneurial persons. The sample size of described pilot study is 226, whereas 124 questionnaires were accepted in Poland and 102 in China. Questionnaire based survey was conducted from June till September 2016. To quantize the results of the questionnaire, the AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) model proposed by Saaty was used. As top three features that characterise an entrepreneurial person students from both analysed countries indicated readiness to bear responsibility; diligence, enthusiasm and conscientiousness in action and resourcefulness and organising. This study has an exploratory character but results clearly show that students from China less often characterize themselves as persons having an entrepreneurial attitude or intentions.

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  • Sandra Misiak-Kwit & Yunhua Zhang, 2022. "Entrepreneurial attitude of students - comparative study between China and Poland," Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, VsI Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, vol. 9(3), pages 118-133, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ssi:jouesi:v:9:y:2022:i:3:p:118-133
    DOI: 10.9770/jesi.2022.9.3(8)
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    Keywords

    entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial attitude; entrepreneurial intention; China; Poland;
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    JEL classification:

    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • A23 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Graduate
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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