Piperopoulos, P and Dimov, D (2015) Burst bubbles or build steam? Entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and entrepreneurial intentions. Journal of Small Business Management, 53 (4). 970 - 985. ISSN 0047-2778
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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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 International Council for Small Business. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Piperopoulos, P. and Dimov, D. (2015), Burst Bubbles or Build Steam? Entrepreneurship Education, Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy, and Entrepreneurial Intentions. Journal of Small Business Management, 53: 970–985. doi: 10.1111/jsbm.12116, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jsbm.12116. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > International Business Division (LUBS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 16 Oct 2015 14:33 |
Last Modified: | 07 Apr 2016 15:44 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jsbm.12116 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/jsbm.12116 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:88363 |