Entrepreneurial Habits and Professional Preferences in Students of Business Administration

Abstract

This article presents the description and comparison of entrepreneurial habits and professional preferences in 213 students in the last year of the Business Administration career at three universities in the city of Arequipa. Entrepreneurial Habits Questionnaire and Profile of Professional Preferences were applied and it was found that 30.5% have professional preferences for the administration career and only 14% have a current business. With respect to professional preferences, it was found that UCSM students have a greater vocation for their career (40.5%), compared to students from UNSA (29%) and UCSP (20%). Likewise, students who have started a profitable business have more entrepreneurial habits and there are positive and low relationships between entrepreneurial habits, age, and Realism.