Entrepreneurship and its Relation with Financial Education of University Students/Empreendedorismo e sua Relacao com a Educacao Financeira dos Universitarios

This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between the entrepreneurial intention of university students and their financial education. It also sought to assess whether the subjects of entrepreneurship and finance increase their entrepreneurial intention and financial education, respectively. For that, a descriptive research with a quantitative approach was carried out, carrying out a survey with students of the Administration course of all levels of three Higher Education Institutions in the South Region of Brazil. The sample consisted of 420 students. For data processing, Exploratory Factor Analysis, Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Analysis of Variance were used. The results showed that the hypothesis that tested whether students who took courses in entrepreneurship have a greater entrepreneurial CQ intention was not confirmed, while the one that verified whether those who took courses related to finance have greater financial education was confirmed. The relationship between the constructs for the complete sample was not confirmed, but when disaggregated by state, it was found that financial education positively influences the entrepreneurial intention of students in Parana. Keywords: Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurial Intent. Financial education. Este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar o relacionamento entre a intencao empreendedora de estudantes universitarios com sua educacao financeira. Buscou tambem avaliar se as disciplinas de empreendedorismo e financas aumentam sua intencao empreendedora e educacao financeira, respectivamente. Para tanto, foi feita uma pesquisa descritiva com abordagem quantitativa, realizando-se uma survey com os alunos do curso de Administracao de todos os niveis de tres Instituicoes de Ensino Superior da Regiao Sul do Brasil. A amostra esteve composta por 420 estudantes. Para o processamento dos dados, utilizou-se a Analise Fatoria Exploratoria, Analise Fatorial Confirmatoria e Analise de Variancia. Os resultados apontaram que a hipotese que testou se os alunos que cursaram disciplina de empreendedorismo tem uma maior intencao empreendedora nao foi confirmada, ja aquela que verificou se aqueles que cursaram disciplinas relacionadas com financas tem uma maior educacao financeira confirmou-se. Nao foi confirmada a relacao entre os constructos para a amostra completa, mas quando desagregada por estado se constatou que a educacao financeira influencia positivamente a intencao empreendedora nos alunos do Parana. Palavras chave: E