Entrepreneurship Education: Workshops and Entrepreneurial Intentions

Pruett, Mark

doi:10.1080/08832323.2011.573594

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“…However, despite administering the questionnaire to all 323 students in the sample, only 306 responded satisfactorily. The sample size compared favourably to similar prior studies with 105 students in the USA [68], 329 students in South Africa [37] and 61 students in Colombia [69]. Using student samples is a legitimate approach in entrepreneurship research.…”

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confidence: 65%

Predicting the Entrepreneurial Intentions of University Students: Applying the Theory of Planned Behaviour in Zambia, Africa

Mwiya¹,

Wang²,

Shikaputo³

et al. 2017

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The current paper contributes to the entrepreneurial intention (EI) literature by applying the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) in a developing African country with unique socio-economic and cultural context. Thus it examines the influence of social norms, personal attitudes and perceived behavioural control on business start-up intentions. Based on a quantitative approach, primary survey data were collected from 306 final year undergraduate students at a public university. The data were analyzed using correlation and hierarchical regression techniques. Controlling for age, gender and field of study, the findings indicate that each of the attitudinal antecedents is significantly positively related to EI, with an overall R 2 = 0.543. For scholars, enterprise support practitioners and policy makers, the study shows that the TPB can be used to understand how to promote business start-up in developing countries with socio-economic and cultural contexts which are mostly different from developed countries where the subject is heavily researched. Specifically, mechanisms to develop entrepreneurial capabilities among citizens, improve societal norms and individual attitudes toward entrepreneurship would significantly promote entrepreneurship. The study also makes a valuable contribution to the under-researched context of Zambia and African entrepreneurship.

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Section: Methods and Measurementmentioning

confidence: 65%

Predicting the Entrepreneurial Intentions of University Students: Applying the Theory of Planned Behaviour in Zambia, Africa

Mwiya¹,

Wang²,

Shikaputo³

et al. 2017

OJBM

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“…Carter, Brush, Greene, Gatewood, & Hart, 2003;Goby & Erogul, 2011;Minniti, 2008);political and economic stability (Lerner, 2010;Movahedi & Yaghoubi-Farani, 2012;Taylor & Plummer, 2003);culture and society's views on entrepreneurship (C. C. Baughn et al, 2006;C. Baughn & Neupert, 2003;Gupta, Turban, Wasti, & Sikdar, 2009;Light & Dana, 2013;Ramadani, Gërguri, Dana, & Tašaminova, 2013;Shinnar, Giacomin, & Janssen, 2012);business information (Ettl & Welter, 2010;Sandhu et al, 2011);support mechanisms and networking opportunities (Ahmad & Xavier, 2011;Al-Alak & Al-Haddad, 2010;Caputo, Mehtap, et al, 2015;De Vita et al, 2014;Goby & Erogul, 2011);access to formal education and training (Dabic et al, 2012;Dickson, Solomon, & Weaver, 2008;Lüthje & Franke, 2002;Packham, Jones, Miller, Pickernell, & Thomas, 2010;Pruett, 2012).…”

Section: Entrepreneurial Intention and Female Entrepreneurshipmentioning

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Encouraging Female Entrepreneurship in Jordan: Environmental Factors, Obstacles and Challenges

Mehtap

Caputo

Pellegrini

2016

Entrepreneurship and Management in an Islamic Context

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The number of female entrepreneurs and their contribution to the economy is steadily rising. Yet research suggests that female entrepreneurs face more challenges and barriers than their male counterparts. This is expected to be even more prevalent in Islamic contexts, which are characterised by conservative and patriarchal societies. In this research, 254 female business students from a private and a public university responded to a questionnaire that gauges their perceptions about potential barriers to entrepreneurship in Jordan and whether the business education they are receiving helps to prepare them for future entrepreneurial activity. Our results help to form a basis on which a deeper understanding of the phenomena can be achieved through more in depth future research. Among the main environmental factors that worry potential female entrepreneurs are the weakness of Jordanian economy, lack of finance, fear of risk, gender inequality and inability to maintain a work and private life balance. Our results also show that students are really not aware of the opportunities available to them and are unable to make a proper assessment. We call on both universities and the Jordanian government to put more emphasis on practical entrepreneurial education and encouraging women to play a much more active role within the workforce.

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“…Given these results and considering that there is some evidence of a small but positive relationship between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intentions (e.g., Bae, Qian, Miao, and Fiet 2014;Martin, McNally, and Kay 2013;Pruett 2012), we suggest that career education services, particularly in universities, plan intervention programs that encourage college students to develop those skills, attitudes and values they need for coping with the changing and challenging world of work. Accordingly, within some contexts, career education could eventually provide greater advantages by including education and training in entrepreneurship within a model of career guidance and counseling that takes into account the interrelations and dynamics of different life roles (Super 1990;Super et al 1996).…”

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“…Career education programs focused on an understanding of risk taking or the importance of autonomy and achievement, delivered as part of entrepreneurial training and information about the fundamental changes that the world of work has undergone, could help facilitate the necessary transformation (Bobek, and Robbins 2005;El-Khasawneh 2008;Krumboltz 2009;Krumboltz, and Levin 2004;Piecuch 2013;Pruett 2012;Rasheed 2000). Perhaps universities should have a fundamental part in this process, as college students can be an important target for this type of intervention because they soon will face a school-to-worktransition, being close to entering working life (Gordon 2006).…”

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Crisis, What Crisis? – The Life Goals of University-aged Students During an Ongoing Economic and Financial Crisis

Barros

2014

Curr Psychol

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This research examines the life values of college students during an economic and financial crisis. We study whether students' values are compatible with the entrepreneurial motivations that could help them to succeed in a labor market characterized by uncertainty, instability and multiple career transitions. Data are obtained from a sample of 263 college students using the WIS Values Scale and are compared with data obtained eight years ago, when this crisis was not expected. We find that achievement is an important motivator; students, however, do not like to take risks. Additionally, entrepreneurial values such as Authority and Autonomy are not highly valued by students. Current work issues require individuals to be agents, proactively creating their own opportunities rather than passively waiting for them. Our findings suggest the need for universities to assume a role as providers of career education interventions that help students develop the skills, attitudes and motivations required to cope with actual labor market challenges.

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Entrepreneurship Education: Workshops and Entrepreneurial Intentions

Cited by 55 publications

References 23 publications

Predicting the Entrepreneurial Intentions of University Students: Applying the Theory of Planned Behaviour in Zambia, Africa

Predicting the Entrepreneurial Intentions of University Students: Applying the Theory of Planned Behaviour in Zambia, Africa

Encouraging Female Entrepreneurship in Jordan: Environmental Factors, Obstacles and Challenges

Crisis, What Crisis? – The Life Goals of University-aged Students During an Ongoing Economic and Financial Crisis

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