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Risky Business: The Correlation Between Sensation Seekers And Entrepreneurs, Matthew D. Buck
Risky Business: The Correlation Between Sensation Seekers And Entrepreneurs, Matthew D. Buck
Selected Honors Theses
This study attempts to determine if college students with sensation seeking tendencies are more likely to have entrepreneurial tendencies due to the risk involved in both entrepreneurship and thrill seeking activates. This study used a combination of the Sensation Seeking Scale and the Attitudes Towards Enterprise test to determine the correlation between physical risk taken in hobbies and taking risk in business. An online survey was sent to 350 business students at a university in Central Florida and 62 valid surveys were received and analyzed. Through calculating the correlation coefficient, coefficient of determination, and t-tests, the author deducted that an …
The Influence Of Perceptions On Entrepreneurial Success, Josiah P. Peterson
The Influence Of Perceptions On Entrepreneurial Success, Josiah P. Peterson
Selected Honors Theses
The purpose of this work is to investigate and identify the influence of perceptions on entrepreneurial success. Entrepreneurs have been identified as instrumental to the economic survival of society and have therefore become the focus of an increasingly large number of studies. This thesis will expound upon those studies by focusing on aspects of the studies that pertain to entrepreneurial perceptions and success. This work will focus on three types of perceptions and how they influence success. It will focus on the perceptions the entrepreneurs have of themselves, the perceptions they have of their environments and the perceptions others have …