Does entrepreneurship education change minds? A multinational analysis of mandatory and voluntary entrepreneurial training

Albornoz, Carlos; Amorós, José Ernesto

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“…Participation in entrepreneurship education can sensitize students, arouse their interest, and provide them with the necessary skills for starting a business. However, Albornoz and Amorós (2016) found that only those classes attended on a voluntarily basis have a positive impact on entrepreneurial intent. With regard to the general effects of entrepreneurship education on mass communication students’ intention to start a new business, no results are available so far.…”

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“…In entrepreneurship research, the intention to set up one’s own business is generally understood as the first step in a complex, dynamic process of establishing a new company (e.g., Albornoz & Amorós, 2016; Hisrich et al, 2007; Wurthmann, 2014). Hence, we define entrepreneurial intention as “.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the context of entrepreneurship research, the “gender gap” describes the phenomenon that start-up activities in general are still very strongly dominated by male individuals and are primarily associated with male attributes (Albornoz & Amorós, 2016; Caliendo et al, 2014; Micozzi & Lucarelli, 2016). For years, the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor has shown that female founders in Germany are clearly underrepresented (Sternberg & von Bloh, 2016).…”

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What Makes a Media Entrepreneur? Factors Influencing Entrepreneurial Intention of Mass Communication Students

Buschow

Laugemann²

2020

Journalism & Mass Communication Educator

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Entrepreneurship and new venture creation are seen as important drivers of media industry’s change and renewal. However, whether newly founded companies will emerge in the future depends to a large extent on entrepreneurial individuals. Through a survey of students from 47 German universities ( N = 720), this study identifies critical factors that explain the entrepreneurial intention of today’s mass communication students, who are likely to be among the future start-up founders in journalism and media industry. Conclusions drawn indicate possibilities for the early identification of potential media entrepreneurs and their ongoing encouragement by journalism and mass communication educators.

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What Makes a Media Entrepreneur? Factors Influencing Entrepreneurial Intention of Mass Communication Students

Buschow

Laugemann²

2020

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“…On the other hand, emotional instability and low resilience reduce entrepreneurial intention (Buschow and Laugemann 2020). A study by Albornoz and Amorós (2016) found that only courses that are attended voluntarily have a positive impact.…”

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Caught Between Innovation and Tradition: Young Journalists as Normative Change Agents in the Journalistic Field

Broersma

Singer

2020

Journalism Practice

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The necessity of innovation within the newsroom, and the rise of entrepreneurial initiatives outside it, have become increasingly apparent. A common thread in this discourse is the desire for young journalists to be "change agents" who foster innovation and thus stretch existing boundaries in the profession. Employers hope new hires, seen as attuned to their generation's news use and as offering fresh knowledge and insights, will be able to drive new journalism initiatives that can attract a younger audience and so improve the enterprise's odds for economic sustainability. Using a longitudinal three-wave survey among students enrolled in two leading journalism programs in Britain and the Netherlands, we explore whether students' perceptions of innovation and entrepreneurialism are in line with this industry discourse. Do students perceive themselves as change agents who will be challenging and potentially shifting the boundaries of journalism? Or do they adhere to traditional ideas about norms and behaviors that have been ingrained in the doxa and habitus of the journalistic field over previous decades? We find that although journalism students favor the idea of "innovation" and see the value of engaging audiences, they define change predominantly in terms of technology rather than more substantive cultural transformation.

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“…One branch of entrepreneurial research involves looking into how macro-socioeconomic factors stimulate entrepreneurial intentions; this includes education, media support, and political environments (Alshammari & Al-Tarawneh, 2016). Another branch of the literature is looking at the success of entrepreneurship education programs and other types of curriculum (Albornoz & Amorós, 2016;Bae, Qian, Miao, & Fiet, 2014;Fayolle & Gailly, 2015). The current study addresses how personality traits and individual differences in grit influence individuals' entrepreneurial intent.…”

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Beyond the Big Five: does grit influence the entrepreneurial intent of university students in the US?

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The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between grit and entrepreneurial intent. Grit involves maintaining effort and interest in the pursuit of long-term goals, despite adversity, stagnation, or failure. Entrepreneurial intentions are a well-established indicator that represents an individual's conscious determination to start a new business. Secondary variables included the personality traits measured in the Big Five model (openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism). Survey data were collected from over 500 undergraduate students at a Midwestern university in the United States. The results confirmed that there was a strong positive association between grit and entrepreneurial intentions. Furthermore, independent samples t-tests revealed that high grit students showed greater entrepreneurial intent than low grit students. The data also indicated that grit fully mediated the predictive effect of conscientious and neuroticism on entrepreneurial intent. Overall, a better understanding of the influence of grit on entrepreneurial intent, given the presence of various diverse personality constellations, may help inform educators in preparing and delivering course content. The influence of grit may reduce the failure rate of new and young businesses launched by college-educated entrepreneurs.

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Does entrepreneurship education change minds? A multinational analysis of mandatory and voluntary entrepreneurial training

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What Makes a Media Entrepreneur? Factors Influencing Entrepreneurial Intention of Mass Communication Students

What Makes a Media Entrepreneur? Factors Influencing Entrepreneurial Intention of Mass Communication Students

Caught Between Innovation and Tradition: Young Journalists as Normative Change Agents in the Journalistic Field

Beyond the Big Five: does grit influence the entrepreneurial intent of university students in the US?

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