Perfil empreendedor e aprendizagem experiencial: o caso dos alunos de uma universidade pública

Abstract

Entrepreneurship studies generally fall into two main streams, the economist stream and the behaviorist stream, the latter being the one that researches the behavioral and personal characteristics of the entrepreneur, such as the factors that stimulate the entrepreneurial formation through learning. The overall objective of this study is to analyze and identify differences in the entrepreneurial profile and the experiential learning profile of students taking the eighth semester onwards of the bachelor’s degree in Administration and the young managers of federated Junior Enterprises of the Federal University of Grande Dourados. The research was applied with two questionnaires via web and in loco, following the recommendations of the David McClelland’s questionnaire and the David Kolb’s Inventory of Learning Styles. According to the literature review developed, it is possible to show that both the Administration bachelor’s degree and the Junior Enterprise are influenced directly by entrepreneurship, and that the Junior Enterprise is a significant way of entrepreneurial development in the university, since its activities involve professional responsibilities and managerial experience. The study is quantitative and descriptive, developed for a nonprobabilistic sampling. The results show that Administration students have a predominant entrepreneurial profile in the "Achievement" group and a "Diverging" style of experiential learning, while young managers predominate in the "Power" entrepreneurial profile and "Assimilating" learning style.