Intención emprendedora en los estudiantes de la carrera de Administración de Empresas Dual de la Universidad de Cuenca

Abstract

Dual education is an innovative academic proposal that takes advantage of the resources of the company, education and students and integrates them cooperatively. The objective of this article is to determine the entrepreneurial intention in dual training students of the Business Administration career at a public university in Ecuador, Universidad de Cuenca. A bivariate analysis was used to determine the influence of gender, family and work experience on the level of desirability, feasibility and entrepreneurial intention, in addition to knowing the image of the entrepreneur in 160 dual undergraduate students. The results reveal that the students have a vague entrepreneurial intention. Gender, family and work experience influence the intention to undertake and the image of the entrepreneur is positive among students. It is suggested to incorporate entrepreneurial education programs in the dual training curriculum that allow to encourage, in addition to professional skills, entrepreneurial skills in students so that with the skills acquired during their training they increase their attitude and attributes towards business creation.