ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETENCIES AND MANAGEMENT STUDENTS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH

Abstract

Present study has been conducted to know the entrepreneurial competencies possessed by the management students, enrolled in a university of Himachal Pradesh. This is a quantitative study, in which a cross-sectional design was adopted. Primary data has been collected through standardised questionnaires using Google forms (online survey). Purposive sampling used and a sample of 123 has been taken. From the present study it has been concluded that commitment to work contract, sees and acts on opportunities, systematic planning and initiative competencies are mostly present among management students’ and there is a lack of concern for high quality work, self-confidence, assertiveness, efficiency orientation, information seeking, use of influence strategies and persistence competencies among the students.