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STUDENTS' TOLERANCE FOR CHANGE

People with a high tolerance of ambiquity are comfortable with uncertainty, sudden change, and new situations. These are characteristics of the hyperfast changes occurning in many organization today. The fundamental purpose of this study is to investigate students' tolerance for change. Empirical research was conducted through survey method at the Polytechnic of Rijeka in academic years 2013/2014 and 2014/2015. The survey included 76 students of specialist graduate studies of Entprepreneurship. Among them, 18 (23, 68%) were male and 58 (76, 32%) were female, while the age range was between 21 and 50. To confirm the hypothesis that students have a high tolerance for change numerous scientific methods were applied and the method of descriptive statistics was particularly distinguished. The research results are based on data collected by the questionnaire consisting of 16 questions. This measurement instrument is formaly known as the tolerance of ambiquity scale. The results thus obtained indicate a low degree of Entrepreneurship students tolerance for change which refutes the given hypothesis. Students resistance to change should be viewed as a resource rather than problem. Even when people do support change, they typicaly assume that it is others – not themselves – who need to change.

change; tolerance; students; resistance

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