Date of Award
Summer 8-2017
Degree Type
Honors College Thesis
Department
Management and International Business
First Advisor
SherRhonda Gibbs
Advisor Department
Management and International Business
Abstract
This study investigates differences between undergraduate nascent student entrepreneurs and non-nascent students’ opportunity recognition and entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Four hypotheses were presented and after collecting and analyzing 150 student responses two of the four hypotheses were partially or fully supported. Results showed that nascent student entrepreneurs exhibited higher levels of entrepreneurial self-efficacy than non-nascent students, and that nascent student entrepreneurs exhibited higher levels of entrepreneurial alertness than non-nascent students, and the difference was significant. However, non-nascent students had higher levels of opportunity recognition. This study supports previous research and adds an important demographic, undergraduate students, to the existing research.
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Recommended Citation
Glover, Daniel C., "Opportunity Recognition: A Comparative Analysis of Nascent Student Entrepreneurs and Non-Nascent Students" (2017). Honors Theses. 534.
https://aquila.usm.edu/honors_theses/534