Entrepreneurial Intentions among Graduates- A Comparative Study between Arts and Science Graduates

  P Manjula Vani,  Nagaraju Ellaturu

Entrepreneurship has been considered as one of the most important sources for economic growth and development at every level, generating employment, fostering creativity, and innovation that leads to socio-economic welfare in the economy. Entrepreneurial intentions are the ambition to own a business or become self-employed. The objective of the study was to measure the entrepreneurial intentions among arts and science group students in the Kadapa district. 120 students covering both groups were approached and distributed the structured questionnaire by applying the Stratified random sampling technique. The questionnaire consists of entrepreneurial attitude, intention, perceived support, and perceived barriers as entrepreneurial intention measuring factors. Data were analyzed using reliability, paired sample t-test, and descriptive analysis with the help of SPSS 26. The study results revealed that out of dimensions of entrepreneurial intentions like attitude, intent, and perceived support was observed to be more among arts group students than science groups students. Perceived barriers were similar in both groups.

Keywords- entrepreneurial intention, attitude, arts and science, comparison, graduates

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR2201004
Page Number(s) - 17-22
Pubished in - Volume 10 | Issue 1 | February 2022
DOI (Digital Object Identifier) -    http://doi.one/10.1729/Journal.29288
Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  P Manjula Vani,  Nagaraju Ellaturu,   "Entrepreneurial Intentions among Graduates- A Comparative Study between Arts and Science Graduates", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.10, Issue 1, pp.17-22, February 2022, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR2201004.pdf