IDENTIFYING MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS AND STUDENTS ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION

Entrepreneurship is considered to be the central force of economic development as it generates growth and services that lead to innovation and change. Therefore, since the entrepreneurs are the drivers of growth and development it is significant to research the human factor in entrepreneurship. Nowadays, many studies have focused on measuring the entrepreneurial intentions among students population, because they are considered as the most suitable candidates to fulfill their desires, to make use of their skills and to realize their ideas. The aim of this paper is to identify motivational factors for undergraduate students for entrepreneurial intention. The empirical research was carried on with 19 motivational items (to provide employment, to provide job security, to get Opportunities in the market, to Earn a reasonable living, to take advantage of my creative talent, for my own satisfaction and growth, to be my own boss, to realize my dream, for my personal freedom, to challenge myself, good economic environment, I enjoy taking risk, to invest personal savings, to use the skill learned in the polytechnic, entrepreneurial family culture, increase my prestige and status follow the example of someone that I admire, enjoy myself, to maintain my family) for entrepreneurs and survey was collected from students of Department of Management Undergraduate Professional Study in Sibenik. The Department of Management Undergraduate Professional Study is a part of Polytechnic of Sibenik, and it consists of two studies: Tourism management and IT management, both in duration of 6 semesters. The principal component analysis and descriptive statistics, were used for data analysis. The results indicate that students don't have high motivation for involving in entrepreneurial career.