Desmitificando o empreendedorismo: a relação entre educação empreendedora, competências empreendedoras e intenção de empreender

Abstract

This research aimed to analyze the actions of entrepreneurial education performed in the Business course on the Chapecó campus of the Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul - UFFS and their connection with the development of entrepreneurial skills and the entrepreneurial intention. For this study a systematic research was carried out, which served as the foundation for developing a research instrument to be applied through a survey with the students of the Business course. The analysis of the questionnaire was executed by applying multivariate modeling techniques such as exploratory factor analysis by Principal Component Analysis - PCA, multiple regression analysis and descriptive statistics. The results found indicate the existence of a relationship between the studied constructs: entrepreneurial education, entrepreneurial skills and entrepreneurial intention. The greatest relationship found was between entrepreneurial skills and the entrepreneurial intention, followed by entrepreneurial education with entrepreneurial skills and entrepreneurial education with entrepreneurial intention. Among the entrepreneurial education actions, the actions carried out at the university stand out, especially involving exposure to successful entrepreneurs. Accordingly, it is concluded that entrepreneurial education actions influence the development of entrepreneurial skills and entrepreneurial intention, as well as improving entrepreneurial skills, it is possible to increase the interest in entrepreneurship. Therefore, it is possible to use this information as insights within the Business program and it is suggested that this study be expanded to other courses at the Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul - UFFS, in order to verify whether the results are exclusive to courses with a certain degree of affinity with the theme.