Análise do comportamento empreendedor dos alunos do curso de Ciências Contábeis da Universidade Federal do Ceará

Abstract

In this paper, the conceptregarding to entrepreneurship will be approached, its connection with the accounting sciences, and the importance of an enterprising education. It will be also presented the results of a research carried out with students from the Course of Accounting Sciences of the Federal University of Ceara, obtained by the application of a questionnaire, previously validated denominated General Enterprising Tendency (GET). Abilities such as the capacity to take risks, opportunity sense, leadership, persistence among others are related to the entrepreneur´s characteristics and it is in that point that entrepreneurship and accounting sciences present aspects in common. As the students were found below the average in four of the five requirements, it was concluded that the structure of the courses in Accounting Sciences needs to be reviewed to provide the students with the necessary enterprising abilities to increase the chances of their success in the their professional performance.