Perceptions of Entrepreneurship Among Graduate Students: Challenges, Opportunities, and Cultural Biases

Manuela Petrescu, Dan Suciu

2024

Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to examine the perceptions of entrepreneurship of graduate students enrolled in a digital-oriented entrepreneurship course, focusing on the challenges and opportunities related to starting a business. In today’s digital era, businesses heavily depend on tailored software solutions to facilitate their operational processes, foster expansion, and enhance their competitive edge, thus assuming, to a certain degree, the characteristics of software companies. For data gathering, we used online exploratory surveys. The findings indicated that although entrepreneurship was considered an attractive option by students, very few of them declared that they intended to start a business soon. The main issues raised by the students were internal traits and external obstacles, such as lack of resources and support. Gender discrimination and cultural biases persist, limiting opportunities and equality for women. In terms of gender, women face limited representation in leadership roles, are expected to do more unpaid ’family work’, are perceived as less capable in ding business, and need to prove their skills. Even if women are less discriminated now, both genders agree that women still face discrimination in business domain. In terms of percentages, women mentioned gender discrimination in higher percentages. Addressing these issues requires awareness, education, and policy changes to ensure fair treatment and opportunities for women.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Petrescu M. and Suciu D. (2024). Perceptions of Entrepreneurship Among Graduate Students: Challenges, Opportunities, and Cultural Biases. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU; ISBN 978-989-758-697-2, SciTePress, pages 347-354. DOI: 10.5220/0012606000003693

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu24,
author={Manuela Petrescu and Dan Suciu},
title={Perceptions of Entrepreneurship Among Graduate Students: Challenges, Opportunities, and Cultural Biases},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU},
year={2024},
pages={347-354},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012606000003693},
isbn={978-989-758-697-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU
TI - Perceptions of Entrepreneurship Among Graduate Students: Challenges, Opportunities, and Cultural Biases
SN - 978-989-758-697-2
AU - Petrescu M.
AU - Suciu D.
PY - 2024
SP - 347
EP - 354
DO - 10.5220/0012606000003693
PB - SciTePress