The purpose of this paper is to explore the entrepreneurial characteristics among university students in India studying business and also comparing the levels of entrepreneurial characteristics between entrepreneurially inclined and entrepreneurially not inclined students.,In this study, the authors included six entrepreneurial characteristics, namely, risk taking propensity, innovativeness, locus of control, need for achievement, general self-efficacy and tolerance for ambiguity to define the entrepreneurial profile of students. Convenient sampling was used for collecting the data using a seven-point Likert scale based on 38-items self-administered questionnaire. Data were collected from three universities of different cities, namely, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, CSJM University, Kanpur and KMCUAF University, Lucknow. In total, 300 questionnaires were distributed in each of the universities, and 719 questionnaires were found statistically suitable for the study. Students were asked the question “What career option are you planning to choose after completing your graduation?” to know the inclination of the students.,Results of the t-test confirmed that levels of all the entrepreneurial characteristics are higher in entrepreneurially inclined students when compared to entrepreneurially not inclined students except in terms of general self-efficacy. Thus, entrepreneurially inclined students carry higher risk taking propensity, innovativeness, locus of control, need for achievement and tolerance for ambiguity.,This study is confined only to undergraduate students from business background, and only three universities were included in the sample. Further research can be done taking students from different streams, namely, engineering, science and technology and arts etc. University-wise studies can also be conducted with the view to bring comparability among the students in terms of levels of entrepreneurial characteristics based upon the inclination shown.,This research provides the deeper understanding about what course contents are effective in developing entrepreneurial characteristics among the students and what are to be added with the view to raise potential entrepreneurs.,This paper contributes to establishing the differences across different entrepreneurial characteristics between entrepreneurially inclined and non-inclined undergraduate students.

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探索大学生的创业特征：来自印度的证据

本文旨在探讨印度在读商业的大学生的创业特征，并比较倾向于创业和不倾向于创业的学生的创业特征水平。在本研究中，作者包括了六个创业特征，即风险以倾向，创新，控制力，成就需要，总体自我效能和对模棱两可的宽容来定义学生的创业形象。基于38个项目的自我管理调查问卷，使用了便利的抽样方法，使用利克特七分量表对数据进行了收集。数据收集自不同城市的三所大学，即阿里加尔穆斯林大学，阿里加尔，CSJM大学（坎普尔）和勒克瑙的KMCUAF大学。总共，在每所大学中分发了300份调查表，发现719份调查表在统计上适合该研究。向学生询问“毕业后您打算选择哪种职业选择？”的问题。t检验的结果证实，除了一般自我效能之外，与不倾向于创业的学生相比，具有创业倾向的学生的所有创业特征水平都更高。因此，具有创业倾向的学生承担倾向，创新，控制源，成就需要和模棱两可的容忍度较高。本研究仅限于具有商业背景的本科生，样本中仅包括三所大学。