A Competency-Based Perspective on Entrepreneurship Education: Conceptual and Empirical Insights

Morris, Michael H.; Webb, Justin W.; Jun, Fu; Singhal, Sujata

doi:10.1111/jsbm.12023

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“…The scales from this study were similar to those reported by Morris et al (2013); therefore, a value of > 0.70 is considered to be good, while a value of > 0.60 is considered to be acceptable. Substantial and significant factor loadings can provide evidence of convergent validity with a value of > 0.50 considered as the recommended value.…”

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“…All dimensions for the business success construct were subjected to the measurement process such as the one adopted for entrepreneurial competencies and scales derived were similar to those of Noor (2007) and Morris et al (2013). The correlations between all four dimensions of business success and entrepreneurial competencies were scrutinised separately, and there proved to be a strong correlation among all dimensions for business success and entrepreneurial competencies.…”

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Women entrepreneurship in South Africa: Understanding the role of competencies in business success

Irene

2017

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Background and aim: Environmental factors alone cannot determine the success of small, medium and micro-sized enterprises (SMMEs) and female entrepreneurs; there is a need to closely examine the internal factors that also contribute to business success. This is necessary because, despite the considerable government support and support of bodies interested in promoting gender equality in all areas (business included), 20% of female-owned businesses still fail annually. Consequently, even though, according to a report from the Department of Trade and Industry in South Africa, millions of Rands have been allocated to support female-owned SMMEs by way of government funding, training, grants and consultative support services, the failure rates of these female-owned businesses remain high. The main reason for this can be that over-dependence on these incentives often weakens rather than strengthens female entrepreneurs’ ability to manage their businesses and reduces their competitiveness by laying emphasis on external, contextual factors rather than internal, competence variables for success. Researchers in the past have suggested that focusing on the internal factors, especially the ‘people issues’ facing the entrepreneurs (in this case female entrepreneurs), may give the business a better chance of success.Design/methodology/approach: A ‘mixed-method’ approach, conducted in two parts, was adopted for this study and appropriate tools and techniques were used to collect and analyse the data drawn from a sample of female entrepreneurs in South Africa. The study applies culturally instantiated facets of the debate on gender entrepreneurship as part of a detailed and empirically sophisticated consideration of the status of female entrepreneurship within South Africa. The qualitative aspect utilised semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions. The quantitative aspect utilised survey questionnaires developed from the findings of the qualitative study.Results: All participants agreed that entrepreneurial competencies are vital for business success. The study also makes a clear distinction between the traits approach and competencies approach in understanding business success. Arguably, the competency variable is viewed and appreciated differently by female entrepreneurs in South Africa. The findings also showed some cultural variations in the application of entrepreneurial competencies among the four dominant racial groups in South Africa.Conclusion: This study offers a comprehensive analysis of the competency variable in understanding the factors that influence business success in the context of South African female entrepreneurs. It provides a basis for an agenda for focus on training and development of the entrepreneurial competencies of female entrepreneurs in South Africa.

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Women entrepreneurship in South Africa: Understanding the role of competencies in business success

Irene

2017

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“…On a whole, ambiguity tolerance was portrayed by the research as an essential competency and characteristic for entrepreneurs (Morris, Webb, Fu, & Singhal, 2013;Ng, 2013), suggesting that ambiguity tolerance is related to decision making quality in conditions of ambiguity.…”

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The role of ambiguity tolerance in career decision making

Xu¹,

Tracey²

2014

Journal of Vocational Behavior

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“…Of greater importance is this issue for engineering education that strives both to carry out advanced scientific and technological research and to deliver new products and technologies in order to meet the society's needs and priorities [2,3,4]. Universities are becoming increasingly aware of the need to educate engineers who are capable of designing new products and services, are creative in their activities, possess skills and competences to identify and meet both social needs and market demands [5,6].…”

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Innovation development in Russia: the value aspect

Chmykhalo

Михайлова

Vtorushin

et al. 2016

SHS Web of Conferences

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Abstract. The article examines the problems of the transition of modern Russia towards the formation of an innovative economy, with a special emphasis on the investigation of the key challenges that Russian universities face while training engineers equipped for innovative activities. The paper considers the impact of cultural characteristics of the Russian society on the organization and content of an education process in a technical university, on "producing" engineers capable of developing innovation. In our analysis we use a comparative approach, as well as the outcomes of the etnometric studies based on the method by G. Hofstede. The study presents the comparative analysis of the organization and content of engineering training at two universities representing Russia and the United States. The results of the study show that further productive development of the Russian system of engineering education towards integration with Western systems is possible provided that the value orientation of the Russian state and society is significantly revised.

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A Competency-Based Perspective on Entrepreneurship Education: Conceptual and Empirical Insights

Cited by 486 publications

References 77 publications

Women entrepreneurship in South Africa: Understanding the role of competencies in business success

Women entrepreneurship in South Africa: Understanding the role of competencies in business success

The role of ambiguity tolerance in career decision making

Innovation development in Russia: the value aspect

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