Entrepreneurial competencies of agricultural students: The influence of entrepreneurship courses

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of entrepreneurship courses on
entrepreneurial competencies of agricultural students. A survey was conducted among 90 students that
included 30 students who participated in entrepreneurship courses, 30 students who were friends of
entrepreneurship courses participants, and 30 students who were outside of this community. Data were
collected by use of a questionnaire and were analyzed descriptively and inferentially using SPSS for
Windows, version 11.5. The descriptive statistics included frequencies, percentages, means and
standard deviations, while inferential statistics included F-test, Kruskal–Wallis and so forth. The study
revealed that there were significant differences between entrepreneurial competencies of agricultural
students who had participated in entrepreneurship courses and those who had not participated.
Therefore, it was recommended that universities as a motor for change offer entrepreneurship courses
for all students.