Abstract:

Entrepreneurship passion is one of the subjects on which many researches have been done in the international literature recently, but it is seen that very few studies have been done in the national literature. Entrepreneurial passion enables the entrepreneur to connect with high energy and passion to the activities of finding opportunities, inventing, creating a new venture, and developing an existing venture. In this study, it was examined whether the passion for entrepreneurship differs significantly with demographic and job variables. In the study, first of all, domestic and foreign literature was scanned. Research data were collected from 555 tradesmen and artisans business owners operating in Kahramanmaraş using the survey technique. The obtained data were analyzed using SPSS. Within the scope of the analysis, frequency, reliability, factor analysis, structural equation, t test and ANOVA analyzes were performed. According to the analysis results; In general, perceptions regarding the passion for entrepreneurship (inventing, establishing, developing) differ significantly according to the age of the tradesmen and craftsmen, their thoughts on business growth, the idea of creating a business from family or through research, Perceptions of the passion to invent differ significantly according to the gender of tradesmen and craftsmen and their recommendation of their profession to others. Founding passion show a significant difference compared to doing the job fondly. Developing show a significant difference with recommending their profession to others. There was no significant difference for other variables.

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