Entrepreneurial Attitudes and Knowledge of Black Youth

Walstad, William B.; Kourilsky, Marilyn

doi:10.1177/104225879802300201

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“…In addition, perhaps labor-market discrimination alters the returns to wage work and has an impact on personal characteristics and perceptions, which, in turn, influence the probability of self-employment. Our results are consistent with Walstad and Kourilsky (1998) who investigated the attitudes towards, education in, and knowledge of entrepreneurship of black youth using results from a national survey. Their study found black youth to exhibit a stronger desire to start businesses than white youth, to want more entrepreneurship taught in their schools and to believe successful entrepreneurs have a responsibility to give back to the community.…”

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“…Socio-economic characteristics have also been analyzed by looking at human and social capital (Davidsson and Honig, 4 2003). In this area, of particular relevance are studies on the influence of formal and informal networks (Aldrich, 1999;Aldrich and Martinez, 2001), as well as works on the importance of role models (Wagner and Sternberg, 2004;Walstad and Kourilsky, 1998) for entrepreneurial decisions. Recent studies have complemented these works by adding explicitly the role played by perceptual variables on the decision to start a business (Arenius and Minniti, 2005;Koellinger et al 2005).…”

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Not for Lack of Trying: American Entrepreneurship in Black and White

2006

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Not for Lack of Trying: American Entrepreneurship in Black and White

2006

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“…Over the years, researchers have identified the importance of role models in entrepreneurship (Bosma, Hessels, Schutjens, Van Praag, & Verheul, 2012;Contin-Pilart & Larraza-Kintana, 2015;Gibson, 2004;Gnyawali & Fogel, 1994;Krueger & Brazeal, 1994;Lafuente et al, 2007;Lucas, Cooper, Ward & Cave, 2009;Walstad & Kourilsky, 1998). Role models are individuals who set examples to be emulated by others and therefore may stimulate or inspire other individuals to make certain (career) decisions and achieve certain goals (Bosma et al, 2012).…”

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Socio-cultural factors and the entrepreneurship of youths in rural regions

Gómez-Araujo

Bayon

2017

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Purpose -This paper aims to demonstrate the impact of two important socio-cultural factors on the level of the entrepreneurial activity of young individuals in rural regions.Design/methodology/approach -Our empirical study is based on a sample collected from an adult population survey, and analyzed using a logit model that controls for territorial and aging sources of heterogeneity. Our theoretical framework is anchored on a contingency perspective that emphasizes the unique influences of the contextual environment in driving entrepreneurial behavior.Findings -The main findings of our study is that in Spain the likelihood of being entrepreneurially active is no different for young and old individuals, and between rural and urban regions. Surprisingly, unlike shown in most studies, entrepreneurial role models do not have any effect on the entrepreneurship by young individuals in rural regions of Spain, while the negative impact of fear of failure in the entrepreneurship on young individuals in rural regions is much higher compared to the rest of the population.Originality/value -Our findings reveal that the context (regional) has a more significant impact on entrepreneurship for some segments (younger individuals) of the population than for others.

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“…Many studies, such as those by Bosma et al (2012), Walstad and Kourilsky (1998) and Green and Pryde (1990), have reported that role models often influence those thinking about starting a business. Thus it appears that the better a person knows someone who has been successful in a business start-up, the more likely it is that they will be interested in starting a business, because they have a role model to follow.…”

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Entrepreneurial Knowledge and Aspirations of Dentistry Students in South Africa

Brijlal¹,

Brijlal²

2013

Industry and Higher Education

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An investigation of the intentions and knowledge of entrepreneurship of final-year university dentistry students is reported, with particular regard to the factors of gender and race. A questionnaire survey was used with final-year dentistry students, over two years, at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. The findings show that dentistry students across race and gender groups believed that entrepreneurship education was important. At least half of the students showed an interest in starting a business practice soon after their graduation and completion of a mandatory one-year internship, with more male students indicating an interest in starting a business than female students. More Black African students indicated interest compared to other race groups (Coloureds, Whites and Indians). There were no significant differences between male and female students with regard to knowledge of entrepreneurship, but there were significant differences with regard to race in the scores for knowledge of entrepreneurship, with White students scoring the highest and African students the lowest. The authors conclude that entrepreneurship education should be included in the curriculum in the final year of dentistry studies to encourage business practice start-up soon after the one-year internship period, with the aim of contributing to growth in employment.

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Entrepreneurial Attitudes and Knowledge of Black Youth

Cited by 97 publications

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Not for Lack of Trying: American Entrepreneurship in Black and White

Not for Lack of Trying: American Entrepreneurship in Black and White

Socio-cultural factors and the entrepreneurship of youths in rural regions

Entrepreneurial Knowledge and Aspirations of Dentistry Students in South Africa

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