The Relationship Between Entrepreneurship Levels of the Students of (Sports Sciences) and Their Athlete Identities

Abstract

The study was carried out on a total of 240 university students, 111 (46.3%) female and 129 (53.8%) male. The "Personal Information Form" prepared by the researcher and the "University Students Entrepreneurship Scale". In the research, the survey model, one of the quantitative research designs, was used. While the entrepreneurship and athlete identity levels of the students differ significantly in the "social identity" and "negative affectivity" sub-dimensions according to gender, no significant difference was found in other sub-dimensions. By this relationship between entrepreneurship and athlete identity levels of the students, it was found that there is a positive and significant relationship between entrepreneurship, and social identity and negative affectivity. Further, a positive relationship between entrepreneurship, and social identity and negative affectivity was evidenced. It was determined that the limited sports sub-dimension was not a significant predictor of the entrepreneurship score. A statistically significant difference was found between university students' entrepreneurship and athlete identity levels and their gender, department, class and licensed athlete scores.