EMPREENDEDORISMO ENTRE DISCENTES E EGRESSOS DE UM CURSO BACHARELADO EM GASTRONOMIA NA PARAÍBA.

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to analyze entrepreneurship among egresses and students of the Bachelor's Degree in Gastronomy of the Federal University of Paraíba, focusing mainly on the profile of entrepreneurs and on how the management and entrepreneurship subjects of the respective course contributed to the process of entrepreneurship. The study is a field research with a quantitative approach and the use of bibliographic research for the construction of scientific knowledge about: Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Education in Universities and entrepreneurship in gastronomy. The sample was composed of 142 respondents, 30 egresses and 112 students from the Gastronomy course at UFPB. The data were analyzed using content analysis and basic statistical measures. The study results show that the entrepreneurial education developed through the approaches and content of the disciplines, of the management and entrepreneurship axis, expanded the knowledge of the students and graduates of the gastronomy course, providing a systemic view of the management of a business, which corroborates with their training as an entrepreneur and positively influences decision making at the time to entrepreneurship.