Relevance of education for potential entrepreneurs: an international investigation

Sowmya, Damodharan Varadarajan; Majumdar, Sudipa; Gallant, Monica

doi:10.1108/14626001011088769

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“…The finding of this work confirmed that entrepreneurial education can determine students' mindset related to entrepreneurship. The result of this work reinforces preliminary findings of Sowmya et al (2010); Akmaliah et al (2016), Ridley et al (2017), andWardana et al (2020), which demonstrated this relation relationship. An underlying reason for this result is that the pedagogical approach in education has a positive impact on students' cognitive ability to register in the proposed activities in class and has created a favorable atmosphere for learning, with students playing an active role in gaining experience from their activities.…”

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Does entrepreneurship education and culture promote students’ entrepreneurial intention? The mediating role of entrepreneurial mindset

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“…Gallant et al (2010) investigated the attitudes of students in Dubai towards entrepreneurship and their opinions about the role that Universities could play in fostering their interest towards entrepreneurship. In one of our previous studies (Varadarajan et al, 2010), the young female students in UAE showed more positive attitude and motivation towards entrepreneurship than their counterparts across the globe. Ryan et al (2011) found that motivation was an important factor in explaining the entrepreneurial success, especially among Emirati women.…”

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Students' attitude towards entrepreneurship: does gender matter in the UAE?

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2013

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Purpose -The purpose of the study is to examine whether there is a difference in the entrepreneurial intentions among male and female students in UAE. The study is extremely relevant and interesting since females in the UAE have a higher success rate in education but this has not been translated into comparable increases in employment rates. Given the social, cultural, and religious fabric of the country's indigenous society and the rising number of female graduates, this anomaly in the corporate sector might result in more female entrepreneurs in this part of the globe, as compared to the rest of the world.Design/methodology/approach -The research studies a sample of first year business students from the United Arab Emirates, namely Dubai Men's College and Dubai Women's College. The primary survey was a part of an international study involving 12 universities in Europe, Middle East and Australia. A five-point Likert scale was used for each question and dummy variables were computed based on the scores. The authors used a multivariable econometric model to assess the statistical significance of the determinants of entrepreneurial attitudes. The empirical assessment of the students' entrepreneurial propensity was based on the estimation of a logistic regression. Findings -The authors' results show that male and female students were equally strong in terms of their propensity to become future entrepreneurs. Female respondents showed higher risk-taking behavior than males, which was contradictory to past research findings that have typically found females to be more conservative in risk-taking than males. The estimation results showed that the propensity of future entrepreneurship does not depend on gender -it depended on factors like creativity, motivation and awareness. This is a very important result since the authors' sample does not follow the expected trend in the existing literature on gender differences and entrepreneurship propensities where a wide gender gap has been found.Originality/value -Both academia and practitioners have increased their efforts in promoting an entrepreneurial mindset within society. However, only a few studies have investigated entrepreneurial attitudes amongst students and no research studies have been conducted in the UAE. The authors' research fills this lacuna and shows that the efforts need to be directed towards nurturing the creativity and awareness of both male and female students for future business ventures.

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“…Students' attitudes to entrepreneurship can be developed, based on their opinions to education (Harris and Gibson, 2008;Souitaris et al, 2007). In order to enrich policy in entrepreneurship education, researchers investigating the attitudes and motivation of female students towards entrepreneurship revealed that clear goals should be set for entrepreneurship education (Sowmya et al, 2010). Thus, we defined perceived positive attitudes towards entrepreneurship education as the perception on entrepreneurship training and courses during the COVID-19 pandemic.…”

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The Impact of Entrepreneurship Perceptions on Entrepreneurial Intention During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The global pandemic of COVID-19 is a challenge for entrepreneurship education in universities and various organizations. Although positive responses to overcome the challenges of COVID-19 are being made, entrepreneurship strategies and policies might not meet students’ requirements. In order to enrich education management research, the main aim of this study is to provide a conceptual model and examine the relationship between perceptions, perceived positive attitudes on entrepreneurship education, and entrepreneurial intention (EI) during the COVID-19 crisis. The model is tested by using data from universities that are located in Shanghai, P.R. China. The study reveals that 1) perceived social norms and perceived self-efficacy positively influence perceived positive attitudes in entrepreneurship education; 2) there is no relationship between perceived entrepreneurial barriers and perceived positive attitudes in entrepreneurship education; 3) perceived positive attitudes in entrepreneurship education positively influence EI. The findings contribute to university and government policies on the development of entrepreneurial education. The framework of this study provides insight into the influential factors of entrepreneurship education that contribute to theoretical studies in the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Relevance of education for potential entrepreneurs: an international investigation

Cited by 42 publications

References 17 publications

Does entrepreneurship education and culture promote students’ entrepreneurial intention? The mediating role of entrepreneurial mindset

Does entrepreneurship education and culture promote students’ entrepreneurial intention? The mediating role of entrepreneurial mindset

Students' attitude towards entrepreneurship: does gender matter in the UAE?

The Impact of Entrepreneurship Perceptions on Entrepreneurial Intention During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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