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  • Reza Mohammad kazemi

    • University of Tehran, Iran
    • Iran, Islamic Republic of

  • Siroos Madandar

    • University of Tarbiat e Moalem, Iran
    • Iran, Islamic Republic of

Abstract

Considering entrepreneurship as a state of mind, we have to admit that nowadays, apart from business and economy, any person can think and act in an entrepreneurial manner. Hence, not only the “entrepreneurship enhancing” policies should not be confined to higher education levels, but also they have to be included in elementary and non-athlete programs. In this study, the level of entrepreneurial attitude, and the effect of some demographic variables on it were investigated among a group of 406 university students in Tehran. The main tool used in this study was the translated Athyde’s ATE questionnaire (attitude towards entrepreneurial business initialization) which was tested for reliability by a pretest and computation of Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient for the main study and all its components. The results showed that the level of entrepreneurial attitude was above average among athlete students, in all of the investigated aspects and components. They also showed that variables such as gender, having a self-employed father, employment status of mother, and the type of university (athlete &non-athlete) have no significant impact on the level of entrepreneurial attitude in students.

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kazemi, R. M., & Madandar, S. (2012). Identifying the Factors Affecting Entrepreneurial Attitude of Athlete & Non-athlete University Students. Information Management and Business Review, 4(6), 352-361. https://doi.org/10.22610/imbr.v4i6.989

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2012-06-15

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