DETERMINANTS OF RURAL YOUTH

ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN VIEW OF LITERATURE

mgr Pamela Jeziorska-Bielmgr Ewelina SudraUniversity of Lodz

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1) Introduction2) An interdisciplinary

concept of „entrepreneurship”3) The concept of „entrepreneurship”

4) The polish definitions5) Factors for development of

entrepreneurship6) Barriers to the

development of young entrepreneurship in rural

areas

INTRODUCTIONThe development of the entrepreneurship in rural areas:may play a huge part in overcoming disadventegous phenomena;may play a important part in leveling deepening distances between the village and more developed urban areas;can contribute to development of nonrular functions;can contribute to creation of new possibilities for business activity by using local resources.

AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONCEPT OF

„ENTREPRENEURSHIP”

enterprise

sociologist

psychologist

econimist

pedagogies

lawyers

managers

THE CONCEPT OF „ENTREPRENEURSHIP”

An attribut

ive approa

ch

A functio

nal approa

ch

THE POLISH DEFINITIONS1) The attributive approach• the conception transgression by Kozielecki• Tyszka• Siekierski

2) The functional approach• Bratnicki & Strużyna• Zawadzki• Maciej

FACTORS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

• Personality traits for having enterprising features

The group of interior,

individual features

• The system of education• The situation on the job market• Features of the local

environment

The group of exterior

predispositions

Barriers to the development of young

entrepreneurship in rural areas

Barriers affecting and hindering youth form entrepreneurial behavior are in general:

• The lack of a friendly environment for starting and running a business,

• Very low efficiency of domestic institutional support system for entrepreneurship development in rural areas, that would meet the expectations of potential and already existing businesses

What is also characteristic in the rural areas :

• The overall situation of agriculture in rural areas,• High level of unemployment prevailing among

the population in rural areas,• The village is perceived as a place that do not

meet the aspirations of young people. It is said that there is some kind of a stigma , one speak of " rural backgrounds " ,

• laws and regulations,

cd.• Social and cultural conditions,• Economic conditions,• Little or sometimes the lack of institutions,

supporting entrepreneurship development in rural areas,

• Training and education.

The conditions affecting the developement of

enterpreneurial attitudes

Enterpreneurial attitudes

PersonalityRelated

elements

EducationRelated

elements

LocalityRelated

elements

LawsAnd

regulations

Economicalelements

Political;Related

elements

Conclusions

• It is difficult to define the term " enterprise" or „enterpreneurship”, as it is a multi-faceted concept of heterogeneous content . The behavioral approach is the dominant .

• Entrepreneurship of the Young is desirable in rural areas due to the multifunctional rural development policy .

• Analysis of problems showed that young people from rural areas are facing worse conditions than their peers in urban areas in terms of entrepreneurship.

• The same factors can become barriers if they are not properly functioning and will not be developed.

Analysis of available data on entrepreneurship has shown , however, that an extensive research on youth entrepreneurship in rural areas has not yet been carried out.

Current transfers of entrepreneurship in Poland refer either to the general state of our country , or the entrepreneurial attitudes of Poles in general.

What is lacking is data imaging and characterizing entrepreneurship of young inhabitants of the countryside , which is obviously a big loss to the society and action must be taken to supplement the knowledge of rural sociology and rural youth entrepreneurial attitudes .

• Thank You for Your Attention

Pamela Jeziorska-Bielpamela.jeziorska@gmail.co

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Ewelina Sudraewelina.m.sudra@gmail.co

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Department of Rural and

Urban Sociology, Inistitute

of Sociology, University

of Łódź