Students' Interest in Entrepreneurship: Survey Results

Abstract

It is not a secret that every student, sooner or later, gets a job. Some students start their professional activities from the first year to pay for their studies. Others get a job after an internship at a university, for the sake of professional experience or out of personal interest. Regardless of the reason for the student's employment during the educational process, we cannot deny that work takes time and quite often affects the academic performance and the amount of extracurricular activities of university students. This article presents the results of research on the popularity of the idea about working in a company or setting up ones own business. The research was carried out at Baikal State University by conducting a survey, which was completed by 1664 full-time students from the first to the fifth year. The data obtained as a result of the survey show that the majority of respondents have worked for a company at least once. The most popular reason for employment is the desire to earn money. A third of students want to become entrepreneurs in order to be able to earn more money. Most of the students are attracted to business in the service sector, where the organization of leisure activities comes first, then come marketing and, finally, financial services or legal services.