The Effectiveness of Entrepreneurship Education
Type
applied research project
Start Date
01 October 2009
End Date
30 April 2012
Status
completed
Keywords
entrepreneurship
entrepreneurship education
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Description
Entrepreneurship courses can influence the entrepreneurial intention of the participants. However, if we want to design entrepreneurship courses responsibly and effectively, simply knowing that we can change entrepreneurial intention is not sufficient. We also need to understand why and how the change occurs.

Within our research project we want to know which educational characteristics are more influential than others and how they influence entrepreneurial intention through antecedent cognitive structures.
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Topic(s)
entrepreneurship education
Method(s)
semi-structured interviews
hypotheses testing
Range
Institute/School
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Institut/School
Principal
BBT
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Eprints ID
51325

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Der Einfluss von Lehrinhalten und -methoden auf die unternehmerische Intention von Studierenden

2008-11-07 , Müller, Susan

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Der Einfluss von Lehrinhalten und -methoden auf die unternehmerische Intention von Studierenden

2008-11-07 , Müller, Susan

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Encouraging Future Entrepreneurs: The Effect of Entrepreneurship Course Characteristics on Entrepreneurial Intention

2009 , Müller, Susan

Entrepreneurship courses can influence the entrepreneurial intention of the participants. However, if we want to design entrepreneurship courses responsibly and effectively, simply knowing that we can change entrepreneurial intention is not sufficient. We also need to understand why the change occurs: Which educational characteristics are more influential than others? How do they influence entrepreneurial intention through antecedent cognitive structures? Such insights can then be used for curriculum development. The present study combines exploratory and quantitative research methods. The exploratory part of the study consisted of semi-structured interviews, written learning reflections, and complementary interviews with experts in pedagogy. The objective was to derive hypotheses about course characteristics with a positive influence on the antecedents of entrepreneurial intention. The hypotheses were tested with a quantitative study which was designed as an ex ante/ex post measurement. 465 valid pairs of ex ante/ex post questionnaires were filled out by students participating in entrepreneurship courses at 17 German-speaking universities. Ajzen's model of planned behaviour served as the underlying theoretical model. The validity of Ajzen's model was successfully tested using multivariate regressions. The hypotheses regarding the influence of course characteristics on attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control were tested by calculating bivariate correlations. Seven educational variables have been identified which can positively influence the antecedents of entrepreneurial intention: conveying practical knowledge, business planning activities, the integration of role models, options for building up networks, student-oriented teaching, explorative elements, and the integration of feedback processes. Most of the effective identified course elements require actions on the part of the students and are hence linked to experiential learning.

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Encouraging Future Entrepreneurs: The Effect of Entrepreneurship Class Characteristics on Entrepreneurial Intention

2008-07-17 , Müller, Susan

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A Conceptual Framework for Testing the Effectiveness of Entrepreneurship Education Programs towards Entrepreneurial Intention

2006 , Volery, Thierry , Müller, Susan , Fueglistaller, Urs

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Increasing Entrepreneurial Intention: Effective Entrepreneurship Course Characteristics

2011 , Müller, Susan

Ajzen's model of planned behaviour was used to measure the impact of specific entrepreneurship course characteristics on entrepreneurial intention. Course characteristics with a hypothesised positive influence on entrepreneurial intention were identified through literature research and an exploratory study. The hypotheses were tested with a quantitative study which was designed as an ex ante/ex post measurement. Course elements such as business planning activities, role models, student-oriented teaching and feedback processes are efficient components to increase entrepreneurial intention through its antecedents

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