Gender as a Factor of Entrepreneurship in University Students

Abstract

Understanding which elements explain the intention to become an entrepreneur helps to propose extracurricular activities by the university and to encourage the creation of companies. This study seeks to analyze the influence of gender on the factors that explain the intention of entrepreneurship in undergraduate students of a public university. The research responds to the quantitative approach, of explanatory level, for data collection a questionnaire "Intention to undertake" based on the Likert scale was applied and through the Google forms 619 students were surveyed. A multiple regression model was used for the analysis, using RStudio and SPSS 22.0. The results show that 53% of students identify an entrepreneurship in their family environment; furthermore, upon graduation, 41% aspire to a job in a private company, and 35% to develop an entrepreneurship. According to the multiple regression model for entrepreneurial intention, in both sexes, personal factors (desire for independence) stand out; in women, the need for fulfillment prevails, while in men, the capacity for communication and persuasion. And in the contextual factors, the following were identified as significant: the capacity for innovation and political and economic factors.