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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Entrepreneurial attitudes and intentions
T2 - assessing gender specific differences
AU - Strobl, Andreas
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The attitude towards entrepreneurship can strongly influence the probability of individuals to become self-employed. The mindset or attitudes of an individual to move into self-employment make up the foundation for future entrepreneurial activities. Former studies indicate differences between male and female perceptions or intentions to become entrepreneurs. This paper attempts to assess women’s entrepreneurial intentions of as well as their attitudes towards being independent and comparing them to the mail counterparts’. A survey among university students was carried out revealing that male students show more positive attitudes towards entrepreneurship and much more concrete entrepreneurial intentions.
AB - The attitude towards entrepreneurship can strongly influence the probability of individuals to become self-employed. The mindset or attitudes of an individual to move into self-employment make up the foundation for future entrepreneurial activities. Former studies indicate differences between male and female perceptions or intentions to become entrepreneurs. This paper attempts to assess women’s entrepreneurial intentions of as well as their attitudes towards being independent and comparing them to the mail counterparts’. A survey among university students was carried out revealing that male students show more positive attitudes towards entrepreneurship and much more concrete entrepreneurial intentions.
KW - entrepreneurship attitude
KW - entrepreneurial intentions
KW - gender differences
U2 - 10.1504/ijesb.2012.046475
DO - 10.1504/ijesb.2012.046475
M3 - Journal article
VL - 15
SP - 452
EP - 468
JO - International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business
JF - International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business
SN - 1476-1297
IS - 4
ER -