ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS CONCERNING GENDER VARIABLE: THE CASE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Abstract

This study examines differences in entrepreneurial intentions concerning gender variables using Turkish university students in Ankara, Türkiye. The study was conducted on 287 students: 127 males and 160 females. The study results showed that the entrepreneurship scores of male students were significantly higher than female students. This finding is also consistent with the results obtained from multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). Gender was used as an independent variable. Leadership, Innovation, Productivity, and Responsibility factors were used as dependent variables. There was a statistically significant difference between males and females on the combined effects of four entrepreneurship intentions factors as dependent variables. An inspection of the mean scores indicated that males reported slightly higher levels of responsibility, leadership, innovation, and productivity than females. Gender differences in the four factors remained significant with multivariate analysis of co-variance analysis while controlling for other variables, such as age, income level, education level, employment status, family's own business, mother's work, and the entrepreneurial aspect. This analysis reveals that gender differences in entrepreneurial intentions (i.e. multivariate main effect) existed after controlling for these covariates.

Keywords

• Gender
• Entrepreneurial Intentions
• University Students.

Cinsiyet Değişkenine Bağlı Girişimcilik Amacı: Üniversite Öğrencileri Örneği

Abstract

Bu makale, Ankara’daki üniversite öğrencileri arasında cinsiyet değişkenlerine bağlı olarak girişimcilik niyetlerindeki farklılıkları incelemektedir. Çalışma, 287 öğrenci üzerinde gerçekleştirilmiştir: 127 erkek ve 160 kadın. Çalışma sonuçları, erkek öğrencilerin girişimcilik puanlarının kadın öğrencilerden önemli ölçüde daha yüksek olduğunu göstermektedir. Bu bulgu, çok değişkenli varyans analizi (MANOVA) sonuçlarıyla da tutarlıdır. Cinsiyet bağımsız değişken olarak kullanılmıştır. Liderlik, Yenilik, Üretkenlik ve Sorumluluk bağımlı değişkenlerdir. Erkekler ve kadınlar arasında dört girişimcilik niyeti faktörünün birleşik etkileri üzerinde istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark bulunmuştur. Ortalama puanlara bakıldığında, erkeklerin kadınlardan biraz daha yüksek sorumluluk, liderlik, yenilik ve üretkenlik seviyeleri bildirdiği görülmüştür. Cinsiyet farkları, yaş, gelir seviyesi, eğitim seviyesi, istihdam durumu, ailenin kendi işi, annenin çalışıyor olması ve girişimcilik yönü gibi diğer değişkenler kontrol altına alınarak yapılan çok değişkenli kovaryans analizinde de anlamlı kalmıştır. Analiz, eş değişkenlerin kontrol edildikten sonra girişimcilik niyetlerinde cinsiyet farklarının (yani çok değişkenli ana etkilerinin) mevcut olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır.

Keywords

• Cinsiyet
• Girişimcilik Amacı
• Üniversite Öğrencileri

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