Gender Influences on the Entrepreneurial Tendencies & Entrepreneurial Attitude of University Students

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Gender Influences on the Entrepreneurial Tendencies & Entrepreneurial Attitude of University Students

Journal Title: International Journal of Research in Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 8

Abstract

The presented empirical study was conducted to find out the gender influences on the entrepreneurial attitude of university students. The primary data were collected through the selfmade standardise questionnaires by administered on 475 undergraduate students of Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India. The findings of the study indicate that the entrepreneurial tendencies of university students had found significantly different in relation to their gender as the male students are found to be having high entrepreneurial attitude as compared to their other counterparts. While analyse the entrepreneurial tendencies in relation to the gender of university students than four major entrepreneurial tendencies (i.e., creative self-efficacy, need of autonomy, risk-taking abilities locus of control) are found significantly different from the female students. The findings of the study indicated that there existed a significant gender influence on entrepreneurial attitude of the university students. It is a fact that the development of any psychological aspects within an individual depends on the active human organism and the environment. Therefore, considering the human organism, females are soft and conservative in nature and in their behaviour. Moreover, there are many social and religious barriers for females, which may be the reasons that they consider themselves dependent on males. In many tasks, females, assumed them-selves weak compared the males. Females have been indecisive in taking risks, have lack of self-confidence, and self-believe. Due to the social context in which they live, females have to sacrifice or suppress many of their urges, in order to facilitate other family members. On the other hand, male are considered more independent and empowered than the females, which helped them to develop more effectively specific entrepreneurial tendencies. It is patriarchy that has set apart domestic chores for women bearing and rearing children, doing household tasks, attending to work on the fields and even earning for the family-all inclusive and subservient role with no saying in decision-making exclusive preserve of men. Therefore, it is recommended that when the policy-makers make any policy on the basis of gender than gender difference would be taken into consideration, so that better policies must be designed & new advanced guidance programmes & provide sufficient facilities (like awareness camps, training, loans, tools/equipments) to the female university students.

Authors and Affiliations

Dr Gobind Singh Gure

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