Fostering Self-Regulated Entrepreneurial Learning (SREL) in Entrepreneurship Education: An Entrepreneurship Training for Nascent Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurship education is moving continuously towards learner-centered approaches. We seek to contribute to this development by introducing the concept of self-regulated entrepreneurial learning (SREL) to support nascent entrepreneurs to better deal with uncertainty and in developing expertise. Additionally, we propose a blueprint of an entrepreneurship training fostering SREL. Using a quasi-experimental design, we compare the effects of our SREL training with two different venture development workshops. This research demonstrates that participation in our training increased the SREL capabilities of nascent entrepreneurs significantly. In contrast, the venture development workshops did not result in any SREL effects.