| Abstract [eng] |
The paper attempts to identify entrepreneurial characteristics of students in Lithuanian colleges. The General Enterprising Tendency (GET) test was used for this purpose. The test measures enterprising tendency through the assessment of five enterprise characteristics, namely, calculated risk – taking, creative tendency, high need for achievement, high need for autonomy and internal locus of control (Caird, 1999). It was discovered that the students had lower performance scores on all of the measures of occupational groups such as business owner managers, teachers, nurses, civil servants, lecturers and trainers except clerical trainees. Analysing particular entrepreneurship qualities it is seen that students have medium need for achievement, which indicates that students are probably willing to embody entrepreneurship ideas reconcilable with their lifestyle. Students’ need for autonomy is slightly higher than low and it indicates that students can work as entrepreneurs- managers in companies and be valuable members of organisation teams. In order to start own business, they would have to develop stronger qualities of independent leadership. Students are characteristic of medium creative tendency. This indicates that they are probably willing to embody simple to apply and reconcilable with their lifestyle ideas, which would induce moving forward. Established students’ medium level of calculated risk - taking can be explained by the fact that students tend to embody less risky ideas, even the ones, where a partner takes the risk. Internal locus of control also occurs of medium level. It indicates that although students have some entrepreneurship qualities, in order to start own business they have to develop self-confidence and entrepreneurship skills to be successful. Students have to devote more effort to control the development of their ideas. [...]. |
