Girişimsel Düşünceyi Anlamak: Düşünme Tarzı ve Risk Tercihinin Girişimsel Özyetkinlik ve Girişimcilik Niyeti İle İlişkisi

Öz

The aim of this study is to investigate the relation of thinking (cognitive) style and risk preference to entrepreneurial self-efficacy and intention. To test research hypotheses, data were gathered from 208 students at the Economics Program of Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in a university in Turkey. The findings demonstrated that intuitive individuals’ entrepreneurial intention and self-efficacy is not different from analytical individuals’. No significant difference was found between high risk and individuals preferring low risk in terms of entrepreneurial intention and entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Drawing from the results, the impact of thinking style and risk preference on the emergence of entrepreneurship is discussed

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Analytical and intuitive thinking, risk preference, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, entrepreneurial intention

GİRİŞİMSEL DÜŞÜNCEYİ ANLAMAK: DÜŞÜNME TARZI VE RİSK TERCİHİNİN GİRİŞİMSEL ÖZYETKİNLİK VE GİRİŞİMCİLİK NİYETİ İLE İLİŞKİSİ

Öz

Bu çalışmanın amacı, girişimciliği destekleyen zihinsel süreçleri daha iyi anlamak için düşünme tarzının (bilişsel-kognitif tarz) ve risk tercihinin girişimsel öz yetkinlik ve girişimcilik niyeti ile ilişkisini incelemektir. Araştırma hipotezlerinin test edilmesi için ülkemizdeki bir üniversitenin İİBF. İktisat Bölümü’nde öğrenim gören 208 öğrenciden veri toplanmıştır. Elde edilen bulgular, sezgisel düşünenlerin girişimcilik niyeti ve girişimsel özyetkinlik düzeyinin analitik düşünenlerden farklı olmadığını göstermiştir. Risk tercihi yüksek bireylerle düşük bireyler arasında da girişimcilik niyeti ve girişimsel özyetkinlik açısından anlamlı bir fark bulunmamıştır. Sonuçlar doğrultusunda düşünme tarzı ve risk tercihinin girişimciliğin ortaya çıkışındaki etkisi tartışılmıştır

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Analitik ve sezgisel düşünce, risk tercihi, girişimsel öz yetkinlik, girişimcilik niyeti

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