A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ATTITUDES OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS

Journal Title: International Journal of Research in Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 5

Abstract

The main purpose of presented study was to find out a comparative analysis of entrepreneurial attitudes of university students in relation to their socio-economic status. The primary data were collected through two standardised questionnaires by administered on 475 undergraduate university students on the basis of multi-stage sampling from the three academic streams and sixteen various bachelors’ professional & technical courses of Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana. The findings of the study specified that there existed no significant difference between the entrepreneurial attitude of university students in relation their socio-economic status. These findings encourage that socio-economic status of the students should be taken as neutral criterion in selecting students for any type of entrepreneurship related courses. Further, the findings of the study also recommended to policy-makers that they must be designed some new advanced educational and entrepreneurship based courses, guidance and training programmes for all of the students of different strata to motivate them for entrepreneurship as a career option.

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Dr Gobind Singh Gure

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Dr Gobind Singh Gure (2017). A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ATTITUDES OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS. International Journal of Research in Social Sciences, 7(5), -. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-19973