Entrepreneurial Orientation of Students from the College of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Haikou University of Economics (HUE)

Abstract

     The objectives of this research were 1) to study the entrepreneurial orientation of students from the college of innovation and entrepreneurship at Haikou University of Economics (HUE). and 2) to compare the entrepreneurial orientation of students from the college of innovation and entrepreneurship at Haikou University of Economics (HUE) as classified by genders, ages and college years. The research sample consisted of 44 students from the College of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at HUE selected by a stratified sampling technique. An instrument for data collection was a set of 5-rating scale questionnaires with a validity between .67-100 and a reliability value of .91. Statistics used for data analysis included frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, one-way ANOVA and LSD.

      The results of the research were as follows:  1) students’ opinions regarding an entrepreneurial orientation of students were at a high level. An aspect with the highest mean was Innovativeness, followed by Competitive Aggressiveness, Proactiveness, Autonomy and Risk-taking. and 2) There was no difference in the opinions regarding entrepreneurial orientation among students of different genders and college years. However, there were found differences in the opinions of the respondents of different ages regarding an entrepreneurial orientation in the light of Innovativeness, Risk-taking and Competitive Aggressiveness at a statistically significant level of .01 and in the light of Autonomy and Proactiveness at a statistically significant level of .05.