WHY WOULD YOUNG STUDENTS CHOOSE ENTREPRENEURSHIP?

• Main Authors: Muntean Andreea, Gavrila Paven Ionela
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academica Brâncuşi 2012-12-01
• Series: Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie
• Subjects: entrepreneurship; students’ motivation; new business
• Online Access: http://www.utgjiu.ro/revista/ec/pdf/2012-04.I/30_MUNTEAN%20Andreea.pdf

The entrepreneurship is widely considered as a solution for economic problems. The number of young people who start a new business is in increasing. The students’ motivation for choosing entrepreneurship is the research purpose of this paper. A survey developed in Alba Iulia, on a number of 100 students’ points out the relevant motivation why young people choose entrepreneurial alternative. The results showed that most of the actual students would choose to be entrepreneurs because they want to improve their life standards, to explore new business opportunities and to have a social status. In conclusion, the teachers, the governmental authorities and all the others interested in stimulating the entrepreneurial motivation should their words and actions affect potential entrepreneurs’ perceptions of entrepreneurial feasibility and net desirability.