Emotional intelligence and entrepreneurial intention of students in the Faculty of Business Sciences of the Universidad Peruana Unión, Lima, Juliaca and Tarapoto subsidiaries, 2016-II

Abstract

The objective of this research was to determine the relationship between emotional intelligence and the entrepreneurial intention of university students of the sixth and eighth cycles of the Faculty of Business Studies at Universidad Peruana Unión, based in Lima and its subsidiaries in Tarapoto and Juliaca, during the 2016-II cycle. The study was of a correlational type with a non-experimental and cross-sectional design. The non-probabilistic sample consisted of 422 university students. The instruments used were the TMMS-24, which measures the dimensions of emotional attention, emotional clarity and emotional reparation, and the questionnaire “Intent entrepreneur”, composed of six dimensions: personal and family background, social norms, entrepreneurial characteristics, beliefs, attitude and opportunities and resources. For the statistical analysis, frequency tables and percentages were used to determine the levels of entrepreneurial intention and emotional intelligence in the students. According to the results, a positive, direct and significant relationship between the variables and the dimensions was demonstrated using the Rho coefficient of Sperman. Likewise, the levels of entrepreneurial intention in the students of the headquarters and its two subsidiaries were 68.8%, while the level of entrepreneurial intention was 70.2%. It was also found that in the subsidiary of Tarapoto, the levels of emotional intelligence and entrepreneurial intention are the lowest, compared to the headquarters in Lima and the subsidiary Juliaca. Finally, it is concluded that at a higher level of emotional intelligence, unionist students have a greater intention to undertake.