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Burst bubbles or build steam? Entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intentions.

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Panagiotis Piperopoulos, Professor Dimo Dimov

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Abstract

This paper contextualizes the relationship between student’s self-efficacy beliefs and entrepreneurial intentions in the content and pedagogy of the entrepreneurship course. Using the logic of regulatory focus theory, we argue that the nature of the entrepreneurship course – whether theoretically - or practically-oriented – creates a distinct motivational frame for entrepreneurship in promotion or prevention terms. When coupled with students’ self-efficacy beliefs, this frame can strengthen or weaken their intentions for future entrepreneurial efforts. We test this hypothesis through a survey of 114 students enrolled in different entrepreneurship courses at a major British university. Our results show that higher self-efficacy is associated with lower entrepreneurial intentions in the theoretically oriented courses, and higher entrepreneurial intentions in the practically oriented courses. We draw a number of implications for the theory and practice of entrepreneurship education.

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Author(s): Piperopoulos P, Dimov D

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Journal of Small Business Management

Year: 2015

Volume: 53

Issue: 4

Pages: 970-985

Print publication date: 01/10/2015

Online publication date: 03/04/2014

Acceptance date: 01/01/1900

ISSN (print): 0047-2778

ISSN (electronic): 1540-627X

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jsbm.12116

DOI: 10.1111/jsbm.12116

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