INVESTIGATING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS OF SYRIAN HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS WITH QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE METHODS

Abstract

This study aims to determine the entrepreneurial tendencies of Syrian higher education students on their entrepreneurial intentions. When the literature is examined, no such study has been found that covers this subject and the target audience. The aim of this study is to investigate this group of young peoplereceived Syrian education and have a high potential to be an entrepreneur, for the economic and cultural enrichment of the country from the mass migration movement from Syria to Turkey. Mixed method, whichquantitative and qualitative methods are used togetherused in the research. Although the Syrian higher education students participating in the research know Turkish, surveyalso translated into Arabic in order to reach more accurate results. After validity and reliability analyzes of the quantitative data in the research made, correlation, difference tests (ANOVA and T-test) and regression analysis performed to test main hypothesis of research. As a result of analysis, it determined that participants' locus of control, self-confidence and risk taking tendencies positively and significantly affect their entrepreneurial intentions. As a result of examination of qualitative data in the study, it determined that intention and tendency of being an entrepreneur is high in parallel with the findings in quantitative study.