Contribuição de empresas juniores no desenvolvimento de competências empreendedoras

Abstract

For the training of new entrepreneurs, the development of their entrepreneurial skills is crucial. Given this context, the present work aims to analyze to what degree do junior companies in Western Santa Catarina develop skills entrepreneurs in its members. To provide a basis for the study, a review of literature on the topics of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial education, skills entrepreneurs and junior companies. The research adopts a mixed approach, with predominance of quantitative analyses, complemented by qualitative elements to provide support for analysis. For the analysis of closed questions, statistical analysis was used descriptive in order to carry out data processing, while in open questions content analysis was used. The results indicate that Junior Companies contribute to the development of entrepreneurial skills in their members, descriptive statistical analysis revealed a high degree of development of these competencies, thus demonstrating that these have become an effective instrument of support for the entrepreneurship ecosystem, academics who go through this experience enrich their curricula, through the practical application of theories learned in the classroom class, through the consultancies carried out.