Journal of Applied Economic Research
ISSN 2712-7435
Gender Asymmetry of Entrepreneurial Intentions of Students in Russia and China
Abid Ullah
Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi Swabi, Pakistan
Abstract
Entrepreneurship is now considered to be an urgent solution for handling large pools of young graduates around the world. These crucial situations where universities are creating an excess number of graduates as compared to jobs availability increase the pressure on graduates as well as policy makers and educators. Entrepreneurship in this case does not only handle the burden of the unemployed among the youth but also positively improves the economic development of the country’s economy. In becoming entrepreneurs, graduates do not only create jobs for themselves but for other as well and play a vital role in the development of the economy. This paper explains gender-based entrepreneurship intentions amongst students of Russia and China (3 universities in China, 3 in Russia). A questionnaire was developed to find the impact of different behavior factors on male and female students of Russia and China. In terms of methodology, the quantitative technique was used to collect the data. The entrepreneurial spirit is explained after analyzing the data from three universities in each country. The six universities numbering 468 student respondents were analyzed through Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. To find out the association amongst different variables, multiple regression and correlation technique were used. The results also show an association of gender with entrepreneurship in students in both countries. However, in case of Russia male respondents showed higher intention than female respondents. To maintain the same role of male and female members in the society, development suggestions for educators and policy makers are presented
Keywords
entrepreneurship; youth entrepreneurship intention; gender; theory of planned behavior
JEL classification
D71, D81, D91References
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About Authors
Abid Ullah
PhD, Department of Management Sciences, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi Swabi, Pakistan (Topi Swabi KPK Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 23640, Pakistan); ORCID 0000-0003-1266-8924; e-mail: abidullah856@gmail.com
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Abid Ullah. Gender Asymmetry of Entrepreneurial Intentions of Students in Russia and China. Journal of Applied Economic Research, 2021, Vol. 20, No. 1, 133-147. DOI: 10.15826/vestnik.2021.20.1.006
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Received October 15, 2020; Revised December 24, 2020; Accepted January 15, 2021
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15826/vestnik.2021.20.1.006
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