COMPARATIVE ANALYSE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETENCES BETWEEN ALBANIAN AND HUNGARIAN STUDENTS

Abstract

Our research focuses on the examination of entrepreneurial competencies - in an international context. Whether you want to participate as an entrepreneur or an employee in the labour market effectively, entrepreneurial competencies are important to everyone, but the significance of this is somewhat different within and outside the European Union.

In this study we want to show what differences can be found in the entrepreneurial attitudes of Albanian and Hungarian economics students. We have assumed that the entrepreneurial competencies of the students of the two countries differ. The reason for this is based on the cultural background between countries. The research started in the autumn of 2017 at the University of Óbuda among Hungarian students, and in November 2018 we collected nearly six hundred questionnaires together with the control group in three Albanian universities.

In our present presentation 122 Hungarian and 397 Albanian student questionnaires were processed from BSc students. Our questionnaire is about personal background, behaviour, and lifestyle, and contains a total of 49 seven-point Likert-scale questions.

In our analysis, in addition to single-variable (median, mode, frequency) statistical analyses, we wish to present the competencies and differences between the entrepreneurs of the two countries with the help of multivariate (variance analysis, cluster analysis) analyses.

Our results: We have found that Albanian students have more entrepreneurial backgrounds. At the same time, Hungarian students were more entrepreneurial in their personal qualities. Based on the responses received, we demonstrate (prove) that entrepreneurial competences in Hungary in the European Union are more important in education than in Albania outside the EU. For example, the latter people are more forward-looking than goals or tools.