Business entrepreneur and social entrepreneur attitudes on the example of Polish and Ukrainian students

Abstract

PURPOSE: The article presents a comparative analysis of students from Poland and Ukraine to what extent their declarations align with possesing entrepreneurial characteristics (in the classical sense) and pro-social characteristics (as social entrepreneurs).

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: An online questionnaire was designed to gather data for this study, available in both Polish and Ukrainian. A total of 573 students participated, including 348 from Poland and 225 from Ukraine. The initial section of the questionnaire comprised 30 questions, each offering a binary choice to either confirm or deny a given statement.

FINDINGS: After analysing the data, it turned out that students declared a high level of decision-making ability, teamwork skills and communication skills. It can also be stated that students from Ukraine showed a higher intensity of entrepreneurial qualities, and the difference in relation to students from Poland is statistically significant. In most cases, students declared a more pro-social approach, there were also differences between students from Poland and Ukraine.

PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: For further research in the field of entrepreneurial attitudes, for decision-makers in the field of modeling educational programs.

ORIGINALITY/VALUE: The challenges of the current world and the growing social awareness mean that entrepreneurial qualities are starting to be needed when solving social problems.