Análise da tendência empreendedora dos estudantes de administração da Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul Campus Cerro Largo/RS

Abstract

The main objective of the present study was to measure and analyze the entrepreneurial tendency of the undergraduate business administration students at the UFFS Cerro Largo campus through the TEG (General Measurement of Entrepreneurial Tendency) test. From this the research problem was raised: What is the entrepreneurial tendency of the undergraduates of the administration course at the UFFS Cerro Largo campus? To answer this question, five specific objectives were defined, namely To identify the profile of the academics of the administration course of the UFFS campus Cerro Largo, to measure and analyze the entrepreneurial tendency of the academics of the administration course of the UFFS campus Cerro Largo, to describe the evolution of the entrepreneurial tendency of the academics throughout the administration course of the UFFS campus Cerro Largo, to verify the future professional perspectives of the academics of the administration course of the UFFS campus Cerro Largo and to compare if there were changes in the results of the entrepreneurial tendency of 2022 in relation to the previous study of Libardi (2018). In this sense, the research is quantitative in nature, and came about through the application of a questionnaire containing questions related to the students' profile, the TEG test of Caird (2013) and a question related to the future perspective of the students. The research is considered a census, which counted with the participation of 57 students from the administration course of the UFFS Cerro Largo campus. The questionnaire was applied in the first two weeks of February 2022. The results show that the majority of respondents are female, between 18 and 26 years old, and predominantly in the 8th phase of the course. The results also point out that the academics have a very low level of entrepreneurial tendency and have attained more often the characteristic place of control and less often the characteristics need for achievement and taking calculated risks. Most of them have a future perspective of holding a position in a private company. Finally, from the comparison made with Libardi (2018) despite the small difference in values in the overall average, the study of Libardi(2018) has among its respondents greater entrepreneurial tendency when compared to the respondents of the present study. It is worth mentioning that the main limitation was the lack of response among the academics.