THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOR: A STUDY OF WOODEN BATIK CRAFTSMEN IN KREBET, PAJANGAN, BANTUL, INDONESIA

Abstract

Krebet Tourism Village is a wooden batik industrial center which has tourism potential both in terms of culture and nature. The significance of this research is to find out the numerous potentials, particularly in development wooden batik potential, and therefore, it is necessary to conduct a research on entrepreneurial behavior of the craftsmen. The research problem is related to the factors influencing the craftsmen’s entrepreneurial behavior. This research aims at analyzing the influence of socio-economic development on entrepreneurial behavior. This is a descriptive-analytical research using primary data to explain the phenomena of the entrepreneurial behavior. The technique used is Path analysis. The research results show that there is a direct influence of social development on entrepreneurial behavior, a direct influence of economic development on entrepreneurial behavior, and direct influence of socio-economic development on entrepreneurial behavior and indirect influence of economic development on entrepreneurial behavior through social development, in which the role of social development as mediator variable did not work properly. The implementation of this research result is that there is a need to synergize among the wooden batik craftsmen as the business agents, Local Government of Bantul Regency as facilitator, and society’s empathy in strengthening craftsmen’s entrepreneurial behavior.

Keywords

• social development
• economic development
• entrepreneurial behavior