Moderators of the effect of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial action
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Moderators of the effect of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial actionDate
2023-01-19Publisher
Emerald PublishingISSN
1355-2554Bibliographic citation
Ripollés, M. and Blesa, A. (2023), "Moderators of the effect of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial action", International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, Vol. 29 No. 7, pp. 1402-1426. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-06-2022-0518Type
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Purpose
The role of entrepreneurship education in promoting entrepreneurial actions remains unclear. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the logic of different types of entrepreneurship education and the ... [+]
Purpose
The role of entrepreneurship education in promoting entrepreneurial actions remains unclear. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the logic of different types of entrepreneurship education and the effect of learning characteristics in promoting entrepreneurial actions among student entrepreneurs in the higher education setting.
Design/methodology/approach
The study employs a quantitative approach involving the use of survey data collected via an Internet tool. The constructs of variables are measured using previously tested scales. The data were analysed using partial least squares modelling because it can handle formative and reflective constructs in the same model and is capable of testing for moderation.
Findings
The findings illustrate that voluntary entrepreneurship education generates learning outcomes in terms of students' entrepreneurial actions, which is important because without action, a venture will never be launched. This is especially so if students show a deep learning orientation, while mastery motivation showed a significant and negative moderating effect. This is not the case for compulsory entrepreneurship education.
Originality/value
Embedded in construal level theory, this paper offers knowledge that can help to advance entrepreneurship education research (1) by uncovering the role of different types of entrepreneurship education interventions, (2) by considering students' entrepreneurial actions as the dependent variable and (3) by unravelling the role of students' learning characteristics in the efficacy of entrepreneurship education interventions. By doing this, the study addresses recent repeated calls for more fine-grained research focused on how university students learn in entrepreneurship in higher education and its effects. [-]
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