The Entrepreneurial Orientation of STMIK STIKOM Indonesia’s Students

Abstract

Increased unemployment in Indonesia due to Covid-19 pandemic causes people to have to start changing mindsets to try to become an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurship will help the government in reducing unemployment. It is important to grow the entrepreneurial mentality of the younger generation so that they have the mindset to create their own employment opportunities. Fostering an entrepreneurial mentality can be done at the level of higher education. STMIK STIKOM Indonesia is a college that encourages students to enter the business world. This study aims to identify the entrepreneurial orientation of STMIK STIKOM Indonesia students so that it can be used as a basis for determining other supporting activities that need to be carried out in order to develop the entrepreneurial spirit of STMIK STIKOM Indonesia students. The approach of this study is using quantitative method by a questionnaire. The population of this study is all STMIK STIKOM Indonesia’s students who already pass Entrepreneurship courses. Purposive sampling method is used to conduct the sample for this study. The research found that STMIK STIKOM Indonesia students who had taken entrepreneurship courses had a high entrepreneurial orientation.