Rola edukacji w kształtowaniu postaw sukcesyjnych studentów kierunków ekonomicznych

The paper presents results of the study dedicated to determining attitudes towards succession among economic faculty students. Its purpose has been determined twofold. First it aims at analysing whether young people are interested in becoming a successor in the companies run by their families, second the paper aims at analysing the possibilities and tools with which formal education can affect attitudes towards succession. The study, in its theoretical part, refers to a number of works dedicated to family businesses and entrepreneurship. Following this, in the empirical part, the results of the research conducted among 142 economic faculty students from Polish family businesses, studying at three Polish universities: Warsaw School of Economics, Lomza State University of Applied Sciences, and University of Gdansk were presented. The findings demonstrate that the interest in succession, compared to other career opportunities, is relatively low. One of the potential determinants might be the programs of education that have been implemented by these particular universities.