Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship (벤처창업연구)

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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Developing Measurement Tool of Entrepreneurship for Young Entrepreneurs

청년 창업자를 위한 창업역량 측정도구 개발

  • Lee, Ji An (Dongeui University, Institute of Humanities and Society) ;
  • Ahn, Young Sik (Dongeui University, Department of Lifelong Education and Youth Counseling)
  • Received : 2018.05.13
  • Accepted : 2018.08.08
  • Published : 2018.08.31
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Abstract

Recently, many start-up failures occur as the number of attempts to start a business increases in a social atmosphere that encourages start-up. In particular, young entrepreneurs have a lower survival rate than general entrepreneurs because young entrepreneurs are challenging just with a simple idea to overcome the difficulties of employment while lacking prior knowledge and experience of business. Therefore, the reason for the failure of start-up is lack of preparation for start-up and lack of entrepreneurship. The purpose of this study is to develop a measurement tool to build a basic framework for entrepreneurship development and start - up preparation activities for young people. To develop an entrepreneurship measurement tool, researchers developed a preliminary question through qualitative research methods such as literature research, focus group interview, and expert verification. After that, researchers surveyed 102 entrepreneurs using quantitative research method and to verify the construct validity of the measurement tool, the final entrepreneurship measurement tool was completed through exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. The entrepreneurship measurement tool developed through this research process consists of 7 components and 15 measurement items. First, in the step of 'confirming entrepreneurial intention', two items of 'self-analytic competence', three items of 'ability of establishing start-up philosophy'are contained. Second, in the step of 'drawing up a start-up model', two items are contained in each category such as, 'ability of eliciting entrepreneurial idea,' 'ability of analyzing idea validity,' 'competence of planning a venture start-up model'. Third, in the step of 'planning the venture start-up,' two items are contained in each category such as, 'business-plan presentation competency,' 'ability of implementing organizational system.'. The measurement tool of entrepreneurship is meaningful as it could help young entrepreneur find out their lacking competence in preparing their start-ups and strengthen necessary competences by measuring their own entrepreneurship. Rather in the entrepreneurship education, basic data that can diagnose the entrepreneurship of young entrepreneurs is provided.

최근 창업을 권장하는 사회적 분위기 속에서 창업하고자 하는 시도가 늘어나는 만큼 창업실패 사례도 다수 발생하고 있다. 특히 청년창업은 일반창업보다 생존율이 낮게 나타났는데, 청년 창업자는 기업경영에 관한 사전 지식과 경험이 부족한 상태에서 취업의 어려움을 뛰어넘기 위해 단순한 아이디어만으로 창업에 도전하는 사례가 많아 성공보다는 실패하는 경우가 많다. 그러므로 창업실패의 원인은 창업 준비부족과 창업역량 부족이라고 할 수 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 청년층을 대상으로 창업역량 개발과 창업 준비 활동을 위한 기본적 틀을 구축할 수 있도록 측정 도구를 개발하는 것에 목적을 둔다. 창업역량 측정 도구를 개발하기 위해 먼저 정성적 연구방법인 문헌연구, 초점집단 인터뷰, 전문가 검증을 통하여 예비문항을 개발하였다. 이후 정량적 연구방법을 사용하여 창업자 102명을 대상으로 설문조사를 하였고, 측정 도구의 구성 타당도 검증을 위해서 탐색적 요인분석과 확인적 요인분석 과정을 거쳐 최종 창업역량 측정 도구를 완성했다. 본 연구 과정을 통해서 개발된 창업역량 측정 도구는 7개의 구성요인과 15개의 측정 문항으로 구성된다. 먼저 창업 의지확인단계에는 자기 분석력 2개 문항, 창업철학 정립 능력 3개 문항이며, 창업모델구상단계에서는 창업 아이디어 도출능력, 아이디어 타당성 분석력, 벤처창업 모델 기획력에서 각 2개 문항씩, 벤처창업계획단계에서는 사업계획 프레젠테이션 능력, 조직 시스템 구축 능력에서 각 2개 문항으로 구성된다. 본 연구에서 개발된 창업역량 측정 도구는 청년 창업자 또는 예비 청년 창업자가 창업 초기 단계에서 자신의 창업역량을 측정해 봄으로써 창업을 준비하는 데 있어 부족한 역량을 알아보고, 필요로 하는 역량을 함양하는 데 도움을 줄 수 있으며, 창업교육에서는 청년 창업자의 창업역량을 진단해 볼 수 있는 기초적 자료를 제공하는 데 의의가 있다.

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