Entrepreneurial Perceptions of Students Regarding Business Professional Career: the Study on Gender Differences in Latvia

• Autorzy: Luísa Carvalho , Inese Mavlutova , Kristaps Lesinskis , Rui Dias
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This study seeks to investigate the entrepreneurial perceptions among the students regarding their professional careers analyzing macro, micro and entrepreneurial education factors in Latvia, including the analysis of gender differences. The research is based on the analysis of data collected through a survey. The paper uses statistical analysis involving the measures of descriptive statistics (absolute and relative frequencies, means and respective standard deviations) and inferential statistics to examine the differences within an original dataset of 360 young people in Latvia. The results reveal several statistically significant gender differences. This research contributes to enriching literature and also adds value to studies on entrepreneurial perceptions divided by gender. Understanding the factors which shape entrepreneurship education, macrofactors and microfactors affecting young people's decisions and perceptions, education systems and public policies would allow adjusting and designing policies aiming to boost entrepreneurship education and enhance entrepreneurship as a career choice and balance it in a gender context. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Professional career; Entrepreneurial education; Entrepreneurship; Gender

PL

Kariera zawodowa; Edukacja przedsiębiorcza; Przedsiębiorczość; Płeć

• Czasopismo: Economics & Sociology
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: 14
• Numer: nr 3
• Strony: 220--241

Twórcy

autor

Luísa Carvalho

• Universidade de Évora and College of Business Administration, Portugal

autor

Inese Mavlutova

• BA School of Business and Finance, Riga, Latvia

autor

Kristaps Lesinskis

• BA School of Business and Finance, Riga, Latvia

autor

Rui Dias

• University of Évora, Portugal

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10.14254/2071-789X.2021/14-3/12