TY - JOUR

T1 - Entrepreneurial attitudes in the structure of students’ economic minds

AU - Zabelina, Ekaterina

AU - Deyneka, Olga

AU - Tsiring, Diana

N1 - Funding Information: The reported study was funded by RFBR according to the research project No. 18-013-00201 A.

PY - 2019/11/11

Y1 - 2019/11/11

N2 - PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore how students’ entrepreneurial attitudes are related to their economic attitudes regarding business, investments, savings and consumption. The study presents a new research tool to analyze the characteristics of the economic mind – the economic attitudes questionnaire.Design/methodology/approachThe method consists of a multiple-factorial questionnaire, a verification of reliability and internal validity (exploratory and confirmation factor analyses), a quantitative survey and a correlation analysis.FindingsTwo main ways of preparing students for a market economy are identified: one is connected to entrepreneurship, and the other to rational investment and financial planning. The complex nature of economic attitudes’ interaction is confirmed: by the direct relationships between entrepreneurial attitudes of students and investment activity, and between risk and satisfaction and consumer opportunities, as well as by the negative relationships between entrepreneurial attitudes and the level of mistrust to banking structures, unwillingness to make savings, unwillingness to share and financial pessimism. The economic attitudes questionnaire was developed and it showed sufficient validity and reliability on samples of student youth.Research limitations/implicationsThe study was limited to Russian students.Originality/valueAdapting the questionnaire to other cultures will allow conducting cross-cultural research of entrepreneurial attitudes, which may be relevant in the global economy.

AB - PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore how students’ entrepreneurial attitudes are related to their economic attitudes regarding business, investments, savings and consumption. The study presents a new research tool to analyze the characteristics of the economic mind – the economic attitudes questionnaire.Design/methodology/approachThe method consists of a multiple-factorial questionnaire, a verification of reliability and internal validity (exploratory and confirmation factor analyses), a quantitative survey and a correlation analysis.FindingsTwo main ways of preparing students for a market economy are identified: one is connected to entrepreneurship, and the other to rational investment and financial planning. The complex nature of economic attitudes’ interaction is confirmed: by the direct relationships between entrepreneurial attitudes of students and investment activity, and between risk and satisfaction and consumer opportunities, as well as by the negative relationships between entrepreneurial attitudes and the level of mistrust to banking structures, unwillingness to make savings, unwillingness to share and financial pessimism. The economic attitudes questionnaire was developed and it showed sufficient validity and reliability on samples of student youth.Research limitations/implicationsThe study was limited to Russian students.Originality/valueAdapting the questionnaire to other cultures will allow conducting cross-cultural research of entrepreneurial attitudes, which may be relevant in the global economy.

KW - Entrepreneurial intention, Entrepreneurial orientation, Psychology, Entrepreneurship education

KW - Entrepreneurial intention

KW - Entrepreneurial orientation

KW - Entrepreneurship education

KW - Psychology

KW - INTENTIONS

KW - MONEY

KW - PREDICTORS

KW - BELIEFS

KW - DEBT

KW - UNEMPLOYMENT

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85063949156&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/entrepreneurial-attitudes-structure-students-economic-minds

U2 - 10.1108/IJEBR-04-2018-0224

DO - 10.1108/IJEBR-04-2018-0224

M3 - Article

VL - 25

SP - 1621

EP - 1633

JO - International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research

JF - International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research

SN - 1355-2554

IS - 8

ER -