Promoting entrepreneurial potential in adolescents: A pilot study based on intergenerational contact

Fumero, Ascensión; Miguel, Adelia de; García‐Rodríguez, Francisco J.

doi:10.4102/sajbm.v46i3.97

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“…Entrepreneurship education at American universities is conducted through various student internship programs, student participation in real life business processes, as well as business simulations (Solomon et al, 2002). In addition, researchers have recognized the significance of the impact of one's perception on their entrepreneurial potential (Fumero et al, 2015). It is clear that a positive perception of entrepreneurship enhances the probability of undertaking an entrepreneurial venture providing that it is as close as possible to actual motivational factors driving women entrepreneurs.…”

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“…Educational institutions can identify individuals with characteristics essential for entrepreneurial ventures and further motivate and guide them to ensure the success of their entrepreneurial intentions (Rae, 2010;Fumero et al, 2015). Vallini and Simoni (2007) find that universities play an important role in encouraging an entrepreneurial initiative in young students who already carry the seed of entrepreneurship within.…”

Section: Decision To Engage In An Entrepreneurial Venture and Formal mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Motivational Factors: Drivers Behind Women Entrepreneurs’ Decision to Start an Entrepreneurial Venture in Croatia

Fosić

Kristić

Trusić

2017

Scientific Annals of Economics and Business

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A decision to start a business is not easy because it is result of the economic conditions, cultural context, but also "push" and "pull" factors. In order to determine woman motivational factors, a survey of 1,157 Eastern Croatia respondents was conducted. The purpose of the research was to determine which motivations the potential future entrepreneurs believe trigger women entrepreneurs' decision to start an entrepreneurial venture. The results show that women are considered to be financially motivated. The fact that real-life women entrepreneurs from previous research have stated slightly different motivations shows that there is room for improvement of entrepreneurship education.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Decision To Engage In An Entrepreneurial Venture and Formal mentioning

confidence: 99%

Motivational Factors: Drivers Behind Women Entrepreneurs’ Decision to Start an Entrepreneurial Venture in Croatia

Fosić

Kristić

Trusić

2017

Scientific Annals of Economics and Business

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“…Communication and negotiation relate to the ability to convey the message to others effectively either orally or in a written format and engage with them for a win-win purpose Self-marketing is the (Eslami et al, 2016;Lou e and Baronet, 2012;Manai and Holmlund, 2015;McCorkle et al, 2003;Parham et al, 2015;Sampath et al, 2020) (continued) Commitment is the state of someone who keeps track of goals regardless of significant challenges (Coppens and Mirjam, 2022;Markman et al, 2005;Markman et al, 2003;Salisu et al, 2020) Optimism, hope and resilience Optimism is the generalised positive expectancy about the future, about any project to implement Hope is the ability to set realistic and pertinent goals (plans) and find the path to achieve them Resilience is the ability to maintain positive functionality and bounce back from failure, success, stress and adversities (Andria et al, 2018;Bacigalupo et al, 2016;Dean et al, 2021;Ephrem et al, 2019;Fumero and Miguel, 2015;Kwon and Sohn, 2019;Luthans and Lester, 2006;Markman et al, 2005;Naziruddin et al, 2018;Sarasvathy, 2001;Solesvik, 2017;Youssef and Luthans, 2010)…”

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Development and validation of an individual entrepreneurial potential new measurement scale

Ephrem

Murimbika

2023

JRME

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Purpose As good as existing measurements of entrepreneurial potential (EP) may appear in the literature, they are fragmented, suffer from the lack of theory integration and clarity, are inadequately specified and assessed and the dimensions are unordered by importance. These limitations of EP metrics have hindered entrepreneurial practice and theory advancement. There is a risk of atomistic evolution of the topic among “siloed” scholars and room for repetitions without real progress. The purpose of this paper was to take stock of existing measurements from which the authors developed a new instrument that is brief and inclusive. Design/methodology/approach The authors followed several steps to develop and validate the new instrument, including construct domain name specification, literature review, structured interviews with entrepreneurs, face validation by experts, semantic validation and statistical validation after two waves of data collected on employee and entrepreneur samples. Findings A clear operational definition of EP is proposed and serves as a starting point towards a unified EP theory. The new EP instrument is made up of 34 items classified into seven dimensions, which in order of importance are proactive innovativeness, management skill, calculated risk-taking, social skill, financial literacy, entrepreneurial competencies prone to cognitive and heuristic biases and bricolage. The authors provide evidence for reliability and validity of the new instrument. Research limitations/implications Although a model is not the model, the authors discuss several ways in which the new measurement model can be used by different stakeholders to promote entrepreneurship. Originality/value The authors discuss the domain representativeness of the new scale and argue that the literature can meaningfully benefit from a non-fuzzy approach to what makes the EP of an individual. By developing a new EP instrument, the authors set an important pre-condition for advancing entrepreneurial theory and practice.

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“…While a handful of literature at the upper secondary education level commonly studies personality traits and behavioral dispositions, which are on the individual level of analysis, the ecological environment analysis of entrepreneurship education is comparatively less seen (Aggarwal and Shrivastava, 2021). Scholars argued that a more holistic approach, which includes examining personality traits, social context and developmental periods in the life span, is needed to understand youth’s career choice of entrepreneurship (Fumero et al , 2015; Saw and Schneider, 2012). It is, therefore, crucial to study environments within which students behave.…”

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The ecological approach to construct entrepreneurship education: a systematic literature review

Lin

Qin

Lyons

et al. 2022

JEEE

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Purpose The research effort on entrepreneurship education has been mainly for the higher education settings and on the individual level of analysis. On the contrary, this research urges scholars to expedite attention to the secondary education settings, especially in the emerging economies in Asia and Africa. This paper aims to reveal the existing landscape of literature development on the topic and promote ecological approaches of constructing entrepreneurship education programs in schools. It advocates the “incubator” role of schools for students and the necessity of establishing socially embedded entrepreneurship education as the playground for future entrepreneurs. Design/methodology/approach This study followed the systematic literature review as its research design. It obtained 1,555 publications from six academic databases and 60 more publications from expert consulting and backward snowballing technique. Data screening resulted in a total of 101 relevant publications with the upper secondary education as their research context. The qualitative integrative synthesis method was then applied to integrate research evidence to the five circles of systems according to Urie Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory. Findings This study contributes to the entrepreneurship education and youth career development literature, especially in the developing countries. Results discovered that entrepreneurship education programs, when interacting with ecological systems, resulted in training success. The most frequently studied systems were microsystems; here, there was a dominant focus on program-level reporting and analyzing. There was less focus on other systems such as mesosystems, exosystems or macrosystems. Moreover, only one study was associated with chronosystems, suggesting a significant research gap regarding the longitudinal studies. However, this review validated the different approaches to delivering entrepreneurship education in emerging and developed economies. Research limitations/implications One limitation of this research lies in the methodology. The inclusion criteria limited the studies to the context of upper secondary education and excluded those of secondary education in general. The sampling method limited the power of this research to analyze and discuss policy-level studies because policies most likely embrace the whole secondary education level as its target. Another limitation is associated with the lack of experimental studies in assessing the comparative advantages of following the ecological approach when constructing entrepreneurship education. It, therefore, remains an undiscussed matter within this study regarding whether following the ecological approach means empirically a better educational choice or not. Practical implications This study discusses the implications for policymakers, especially in emerging economies, and suggests that awareness, attention and funding are needed to empower youth entrepreneurship education from an ecological systems view. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this research is one of few studies that use the ecological systems theory in the context of entrepreneurship education with the purpose of focusing on environment-level analysis instead of individual-level analysis. Through the systematic literature review, this study proposes an ecological approach to comprehend, guide, evaluate and improve the design and implementation of entrepreneurship education programs in schools based on well-articulated research evidence. The research can inform both researchers and educators by offering a holistic perspective to observe and evaluate entrepreneurship education programs and their levels of social connectedness.

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Promoting entrepreneurial potential in adolescents: A pilot study based on intergenerational contact

Cited by 9 publications

References 38 publications

Motivational Factors: Drivers Behind Women Entrepreneurs’ Decision to Start an Entrepreneurial Venture in Croatia

Motivational Factors: Drivers Behind Women Entrepreneurs’ Decision to Start an Entrepreneurial Venture in Croatia

Development and validation of an individual entrepreneurial potential new measurement scale

The ecological approach to construct entrepreneurship education: a systematic literature review

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