The Impact of Entrepreneurship Training on the Entrepreneurial Tendency of University Students: A Research on Fırat University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Students*
The Impact of Entrepreneurship Training on the Entrepreneurial Tendency of University Students: A Research on Fırat University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Students*
Yazar: Benli, Abdurrahman; Cerev, Gökçe
Dergi: Girişimcilik ve Kalkınma Dergisi, Vol. 13 No. 1, 2018
Anahtar kelimeler: Entrpreneurship,Entrepreneurship Education,Youth Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship education is one of the ways to activate the entrepreneurial potentialthat is found in individuals. It is important that the young people who makeup the future of the society reveal their entrepreneurial sides through the entrepreneurialeducation that they get. Today, different institutions give entrepreneurialeducation for young people. The contribution of the entrepreneur educationto young entrepreneurship is positive. The young people, whose entrepreneurialaspects are brought to the forefront, make great contributions to the economicdevelopment of the country. Young entrepreneurship has become an importantconcept in every aspect regarding the future of countries. The purpose of thisstudy, the effects of entrepreneurship education, which was aimed at young people,on the entrepreneurship levels of university students were examined. Surveymethod was preferred as research method in the study, and “University StudentEntrepreneurship Scale”, which has been determined reliable, was used as scale.The scale was applied to the students in Firat University Faculty of Economicsand Administrative Sciences as two groups with entprepreneurship education andwithout entrepreneurship education. The data obtained were analyzed in the SPSS16 program. As a result of analysis, entrepreneurship levels were higher in youngpeople who received entrepreneurship education and suggestions were made regardingtrainings to discover the potential of entrepreneurship in young people.

Entrepreneurship education is one of the ways to activate the entrepreneurial potentialthat is found in individuals. It is important that the young people who makeup the future of the society reveal their entrepreneurial sides through the entrepreneurialeducation that they get. Today, different institutions give entrepreneurialeducation for young people. The contribution of the entrepreneur educationto young entrepreneurship is positive. The young people, whose entrepreneurialaspects are brought to the forefront, make great contributions to the economicdevelopment of the country. Young entrepreneurship has become an importantconcept in every aspect regarding the future of countries. The purpose of thisstudy, the effects of entrepreneurship education, which was aimed at young people,on the entrepreneurship levels of university students were examined. Surveymethod was preferred as research method in the study, and “University StudentEntrepreneurship Scale”, which has been determined reliable, was used as scale.The scale was applied to the students in Firat University Faculty of Economicsand Administrative Sciences as two groups with entprepreneurship education andwithout entrepreneurship education. The data obtained were analyzed in the SPSS16 program. As a result of analysis, entrepreneurship levels were higher in youngpeople who received entrepreneurship education and suggestions were made regardingtrainings to discover the potential of entrepreneurship in young people.