Dimensions of Entrepreneurial Orientation Among Indian Students: A Regional Perspective

Abstract

Entrepreneurs need a variety of competencies to realize their aspirations. Different entrepreneurial abilities have been examined for their relationships with entrepreneurial performance. Various types of entrepreneurial characteristics like age, gender, parental background etc. influence entrepreneurial performance. The present study focuses on the aspect of gender differences on managerial competency as an essential dimension of entrepreneurial orientation among the graduating youth willing to become entrepreneurs. A sample of 200 students, who indicated beforehand that they were interested in becoming entrepreneurs among a population of around 1200 final year post-graduate students were served with a questionnaire schedule containing five statements. The responses were analysed through statistical techniques such as ANOVA. t-test and effect size measurement to understand the gender specific variance. The components of proactiveness and self-confidence attracted similar preferences from both genders while the aspects of autonomy, risk-taking and drive and energy yielded gender-specific variances.