FACTORS INFLUENCING ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS OF STUDENTS SPECIALIZING IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY
Abstract
The article describes the results of an international study of entrepreneurial intentions of students specializing in tourism and hospitality. As a result of the agreed questionnaire and further processing of the data the factors influencing entrepreneurial intentions were revealed. For students from Russia, Portugal, Poland, Lithuania and Oman the tendency to create new business isn't statistically significantly different. Men are more likely to become entrepreneurs than women. For students inclination towards entrepreneurship is motivated primarily by the attractiveness of this activity. Negative factors are not significant, students do not evaluate them as a barrier to starting a business. On the tendency to create new business positively affect entrepreneurial values of significant groups, the belief in the ability to provide their personal (psychological) and social security, as well as entrepreneurship education.
About the Authors
Francisco Dias
The School of Tourism and Maritime Technology at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Antonina N. Tret'yakova
Moscow State Institute for the Industry of Tourism n. a. Yu.A. Senkevich
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Tamer Atef
Sultan Qaboos University - Sultanate of Oman; University of Sadat City - Egypt.
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Joanna Kosmaczewska
Department of Tourism Economics and Organization of the Poznan University School of Physical Education, Poland
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Regina Navickiene
Lithuanian Sport University, Lithuania
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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