The quality of the entrepreneurial attitudes among the students of the Faculty of Management at the University of Gdańsk. The pilot study

• Authors: Małgorzata Z. Wiśniewska , Anna S. Tarczyńska , Tatiana Papiashvili
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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The quality of the entrepreneurial attitudes among the students of the Faculty of Management at the University of Gdańsk. The pilot study The aim of the article is to identify the attitudes of students with respect to entrepreneurship. The study has been conducted on the group of students from the Faculty of Management at the University of Gdansk. The students represent the different courses of studies. As a result, it has been found that the quality of entrepreneurial attitudes seems satisfactory. The majority of the students, regardless of the courses studied, show a positive attitude toward entrepreneurship and they are interested in running own business. However, only half of them believe that the faculty prepares them well for this task

Keywords

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entrepreneurship; attitude; quality

• Publisher: Wydział Zarządzania - Uniwersytet Gdański
• Journal: Zarządzanie i Finanse
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 2
• Pages: 121-132

Contributors

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Małgorzata Z. Wiśniewska

• Assoc. Prof., Ph.D. Hab., Unit of Quality and Environmental Management, Department of Enterprises Economics, Faculty of Management, University of Gdańsk, Armii Krajowej 101, 81-824 Sopot

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Anna S. Tarczyńska

• Ph.D. Hab. Eng., Department of Dairy Science and Quality Management, Faculty of Food Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury, Oczapowskiego 7, 10-719 Olsztyn

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Tatiana Papiashvili

• Prof., Ph.D., Faculty of Social Sciences, International Black Sea University, D.Agmasheneblis Kheivani, 13km, #2, Tbilisi, Georgia

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