Abstract:
University students’ entrepreneurial character profile needs to be investigated to
determine various follow-up regulations at institutions in terms of development planning of
entrepreneurship education and student business or start-up initiation. The objective of the
present study was to figure the entrepreneurial characteristics out of students seen from three
components: curiosity, innovation, and entrepreneurial commitment. The data from
questionnaires distributed to students who participated in the recently customized
entrepreneurship workshop hosted by a private university in West Java, Indonesia, and were
interested in becoming entrepreneurs. Student participants were identified into two groups,
those who already had businesses and those were not yet engaged in this field. The data
analysis indicated that almost students have high entrepreneurial curiosity in the high
category with the highest percentage being dominated by students who already have
businesses. Moreover, student trait indicating entrepreneurship innovation was found to
dominant in the medium category for these both aforementioned groups. The research also
implies the academic need to develop curiosity, innovation, and entrepreneurial commitment
in entrepreneurship education and student business development plans.
