Prerequisites for Student Entrepreneurship Development: Sociological Survey Results

Abstract

Currently youth entrepreneurship plays an important role both economically and socially. Support and encouragement of this type of entrepreneurship can be important factors for achieving both sustainable economic growth and social development, as well as for the development of innovation in the country. This article presents the results of a sociological survey conducted on students enrolled in non-economic degree programmes at metropolitan universities. The aim of the empirical research is to study the quantitative and qualitative parameters of entrepreneurial potential in the structure of Kazakhstani student youth. The methodological and theoretical basis of the research were classical and modern theories and concepts of entrepreneurship, which were described in the works of Western, Russian, and Kazakhstani scientists. The scientific interest of this article lies in the study of the prerequisites for the youth entrepreneurship development from the point of view of the sociological approach. Analysis of the research results showed that the motivational and personal characteristics of students correspond to the characteristics-identifiers of entrepreneurship. However, in Kazakhstan, an entrepreneurial culture has not been formed and will not be formed yet, so the issue of the lack of demand for the innovative potential of young people is acute.