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Do ponto de vista económico, um empreendedor é um indivíduo que está
motivado para ser inovador, é agente de mudança e de criação de riqueza,
acrescentando valor aos recursos e a outros ativos, sendo, normalmente,
encarado como uma pessoa que sabe identificar oportunidades de negócios e
nichos do mercado.
Este estudo é do tipo cross-section e teve como objetivo identificar fatores
diferenciadores do potencial empreendedor em 50 estudantes de uma escola
superior da área das ciências agrárias, localizada no Norte de Portugal. Para a
recolha de dados foi utilizada a escala Entrepreneurial Potential Indicator. A
maioria dos alunos era do género feminino (78 %); tinha 22 ou mais anos (56 %),
estudava em regime ordinário (84 %); era proveniente da região Norte de Portugal
(84 %), vivia em meio urbano (52 %) e frequentava o 1º ciclo de estudos (82 %).
Mais de metade dos inquiridos apresentou competências empreendedoras (66 %).
Os fatores, de capital humano, considerados, nomeadamente, o regime de
frequência, ano e ciclo de estudos, mostram não estar associados ao potencial
empreendedor. O mesmo resultado foi obtido tendo em conta os fatores
sociodemográficos. Contudo, os resultados revelaram a existência de uma relação
de causa e efeito entre as características “Propensão ao risco” e “Autocontrolo” e
o potencial empreendedor. Todas as dimensões consideradas, designadamente,
Autoconfiança, Necessidade de realização, Autocontrolo, Tolerância à incerteza,
Propensão ao risco e Inovação, mostraram estar positiva e fortemente
correlacionadas com o potencial empreendedor, embora, se tenham destacado
como determinantes, o Autocontrolo e a Propensão ao risco, caraterísticas que
explicam em 92,9 % do potencial empreendedor dos estudantes. Esta situação
poderá ser melhorada através de ações de formação que permitam desenvolver
competências ao nível do planeamento e da tomada de decisão no sentido de
facilitar a elaboração de planos de ação e a tomada de decisão racional, e,
consequentemente, promover a procura de atividades novas ou novas formas de
desenvolver as já existentes.
From an economic point of view, an entrepreneur is an individual who is motivated to be innovative, is an agent of change and wealth creation, adding value to resources and other assets and is usually seen as a person who can identify business opportunities and market niches. This is a cross-section study and aimed to identify differentiating factors of the entrepreneurial potential from 50 students at an agricultural higher education school, in the northeast of Portugal. The Entrepreneurial Potential Indicator scale was used to collect the data. The students’ majority was female (78 %); had 22 or more years (56 %), studied under an ordinary regime (84 %); most came from the North of Portugal (84 %); lived in urban areas (52 %) and attended the 1st cycle of studies (82 %). More than half of respondents had entrepreneurial skills (66 %). The human capital factors considered, namely, the frequency regime, year and course of study were not associated with entrepreneurial potential. The same result was obtained with regard to demographic factors. However, the results revealed the existence of a cause and effect relationship between the characteristics "propensity to risk" and "Self-control" and entrepreneurial potential. All dimensions considered, namely, Self-confidence, Achievement Necessity, Self-control, Tolerance to Uncertainty, Propensity to Risk and Innovation, proved to be positive and strongly correlated with entrepreneurial potential. However, Self-control and the Propensity to Risk stood out as determinants once these characteristics explain 92,9 % of the students´ entrepreneurial potential. This situation can be improved through training activities in order to develop skills in planning and decision-making to facilitate the development of action plans and rational decision making, and hence promote the search for new activities or new ways to develop the existing ones.
From an economic point of view, an entrepreneur is an individual who is motivated to be innovative, is an agent of change and wealth creation, adding value to resources and other assets and is usually seen as a person who can identify business opportunities and market niches. This is a cross-section study and aimed to identify differentiating factors of the entrepreneurial potential from 50 students at an agricultural higher education school, in the northeast of Portugal. The Entrepreneurial Potential Indicator scale was used to collect the data. The students’ majority was female (78 %); had 22 or more years (56 %), studied under an ordinary regime (84 %); most came from the North of Portugal (84 %); lived in urban areas (52 %) and attended the 1st cycle of studies (82 %). More than half of respondents had entrepreneurial skills (66 %). The human capital factors considered, namely, the frequency regime, year and course of study were not associated with entrepreneurial potential. The same result was obtained with regard to demographic factors. However, the results revealed the existence of a cause and effect relationship between the characteristics "propensity to risk" and "Self-control" and entrepreneurial potential. All dimensions considered, namely, Self-confidence, Achievement Necessity, Self-control, Tolerance to Uncertainty, Propensity to Risk and Innovation, proved to be positive and strongly correlated with entrepreneurial potential. However, Self-control and the Propensity to Risk stood out as determinants once these characteristics explain 92,9 % of the students´ entrepreneurial potential. This situation can be improved through training activities in order to develop skills in planning and decision-making to facilitate the development of action plans and rational decision making, and hence promote the search for new activities or new ways to develop the existing ones.
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Keywords
Potencial empreendedor Inovação Ciências agrárias
Pedagogical Context
Citation
Ribeiro, Maria Isabel; Fernandes, António (2017). Competências empreendedoras dos estudantes de uma Escola Superior Agrária do Norte de Portugal. Revista Congreso Universidad. ISSN-e 2306-918X. 6:4, p. 85-101.
Publisher
Ministério de Educación Superior de Cuba