Research on Entrepreneurial Characteristics of Students in School of Physical Education and Sports

The education given in different departments of universities is thought to have an important role on affecting the views of students on entrepreneurship. By means of the education given in different educational levels, students gain knowledge and skills about such issues as innovativeness, tolerance for ambiguity, need for achievement, risk-taking and locus of control. The aim of this research is analyzing the relation between entrepreneurial characteristics of students in schools of physical education and sports and the variables of gender, department and whether there are entrepreneurs in their family. Research population is composed of final year students studying in the School of Physical Education and Sports of Sakarya, Kocaeli and Mugla Universities in the 2012-2013 academic year. In the research, a significant difference was found between the gender variable and tolerance for ambiguity that is one of the sub-dimensions of entrepreneurial characteristics. Also there found a significant difference between the variable of having an entrepreneur in the family and the sub-dimensions of innovativeness, tolerance for ambiguity and risk taking. And a significant difference was found between the departments of students and the sub-dimensions of tolerance for ambiguity, risk taking and locus of control for the department of physical education and sports teaching.