Entrepreneurship Questionnaire

THE KEY IMPERATIVES OF PROMOTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP

ABSTRACT
The economic development of the nations is determined by the increased productivity, growth and employability in the nation. Entrepreneurship plays a vital role in stimulating these growth indices of the nation and economic development. Entrepreneurship is an innovative trait and characteristic of an individual which make the distinction from others to lead and navigate. Though the desire of being entrepreneur is impulsive in an individual, this desire is taken aback most of the times due to the process, procedures, procedural complexities and various factors involved in starting a new venture. This research attempts to study these key imperatives and determinants that promote the

The purpose of this study is to assess the influence of factors over the desire for being an entrepreneur. The study adopted the simple random sampling technique, which is a probability sampling procedure, and the questionnaire as the method for data collection and information obtained through surveying or interviewing people (Cooper & Schindler, 2008:215). The objective of this research is to identify and study the key imperatives of the entrepreneurship.The questionnaire consists of the following four categories: First category of questionnaire deals with demographic information about aspiring entrepreneurs such as gender, age, level and experience. Second category enquires about the qualities and traits which constructs the entrepreneurial personality and readiness levels of aspirants. Category three addresses the different aspects and determinants which influence on entrepreneurial decision. Fourth category of the questionnaire deals with the readiness of aspirants to take up the entrepreneurship as

The questionnaire was administered to 30 sample units in the sample frame, selected through the participants of the workshop. This study’s sample frame included respondents from MBA final year students of Sree Chaitanya P .G. College, Telangana, India, who registered for the Entrepreneurship Development Programme in the institution. Because of their interest to pursue entrepreneurship as career the respondents were assessed how much they are ready for the entrepreneurship in the external factors that hinder and promote the entrepreneurship. The research population constitutes the total number of students registered for the EDP and for the survey the census method is used. The total 30 questionnaires were distributed and 29 of them are returned yielding the response rate of 96.66 percent. The study uses descriptive and inferential statistics to analyse the data collected. Descriptive statistics are the elementary transformation of raw data, in a way that describes the basic characteristics such as the central tendency, variability and shape of the distributions. Factor analysis is utilised to confirm validity as well as reliability in the