Actitudes emprendedoras : diferencias entre estudiantes de carreras técnicas en comparación con estudiantes de carreras administrativas en la Universidad Politécnica del Litoral.

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this research work was to determine the differences between the entrepreneurial attitudes of students of technical careers and those of administrative careers through the application of the Entrepreneurial Attitude Orientation Scale (EAO). Methodology: An exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was applied to identify the strength of the four factors applied from the theory: (1) Self-esteem, (2) assumption of risk, (3) need to achieve and (4) internal perceived control and a t-test to evaluate significant differences between the students of a sample of 76 individuals from administrative and technical careers. Results: The EFA determined that the four factors treated in the model explain a total variance of 49.614. Although the explained variance does not exceed 50% of the total variance, it can be argued that it is possible to take into account the four factors as determinants of the Entrepreneurial Attitude, although in a weak way. The results of the tests do not differ between administrative and technical careers in each of the factors. In all hypothesis tests, differences between the two groups were ruled out, with the exception of one question pertaining to the self-esteem factor. Conclusions: Self-esteem, risk-taking, the need to achieve and perceived internal control are not determinants of the entrepreneurial attitude in Ecuadorian university students, nor is the career they study, since contrary to expectations, students from Administrative careers do not have a greater entrepreneurial attitude than students of technical careers.