A Research for Determining Entrepreneurship Levels of University Students

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the entrepreneurship level of university students in terms of several factors. The Entrepreneurship Scale, which was developed by Yılmaz and Sünbül (2009), has been used as the data collecting tool of the study used on descriptive survey method. The students who receive education in the School of Physical Education and Sports in Kastamonu and Ahi Evran Universities constitute the population of the study. The sample of the study consisted of 325 volunteer participants determined by the sampling method. Descriptive statistics, Mann Whithey U and Kruskal Wallis methods were used in data analysis. According to the findings of the study, it was found out that the university students have high level of entrepreneurship. Besides, when the correlations between the entrepreneurship level of university students and level of income, age and university variables are examined, it has been determined that there are statistically significant differences. On the other hand, there is no significant difference between the entrepreneurship level of university students and gender, department and grade variables.