What sustains entrepreneurial self-efficacy after entrepreneurial training? An insight into dynamic training transfer based on entrepreneurial mastery experiences
(2019) PSYP01 20191Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- Entrepreneurial education is widely acknowledged to enhance entrepreneurial activity and is employed as a means to fight poverty and to create economic prosperity. Entrepreneurial selfefficacy, defined as a person’s belief in their entrepreneurial capabilities, has been identified as a central construct in the process of business creation and is recognized as intended outcome of entrepreneurial training - however, the factors underlying its long-term development after training participation remain unexplored. The purpose of the present the study was to examine the short- and long-term impact of entrepreneurial training on entrepreneurial self-efficacy based on entrepreneurial mastery experiences and along the lines of the dynamic transfer... (More)
- Entrepreneurial education is widely acknowledged to enhance entrepreneurial activity and is employed as a means to fight poverty and to create economic prosperity. Entrepreneurial selfefficacy, defined as a person’s belief in their entrepreneurial capabilities, has been identified as a central construct in the process of business creation and is recognized as intended outcome of entrepreneurial training - however, the factors underlying its long-term development after training participation remain unexplored. The purpose of the present the study was to examine the short- and long-term impact of entrepreneurial training on entrepreneurial self-efficacy based on entrepreneurial mastery experiences and along the lines of the dynamic transfer model. The study employed a pre-test post-test control group design with one follow-up measure 15 months after an action-oriented entrepreneurial training as the intervention. Mexican undergraduate students (N = 264) participated in three measurement waves. The empirical results indicated that an initial positive short-term effect of training on entrepreneurial self-efficacy decreased with time. Unexpectedly, post-training entrepreneurial self-efficacy did not predict subsequent entrepreneurial behavior. The number of started businesses and their evaluation as successfully perceived mastery experiences predicted subsequent levels of entrepreneurial self-efficacy. The number of abandoned businesses and negatively connoted evaluations as setback experiences did not predict long-term entrepreneurial self-efficacy. The applicability of the dynamic transfer model in the context of entrepreneurial self-efficacy is questioned. (Less)
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- author
- Bechler, Lena LU
- supervisor
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- Elia Psouni LU
- Farida Rasulzada LU
- organization
- course
- PSYP01 20191
- year
- 2019
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy, Entrepreneurial Education and Training, Dynamic Training Transfer, Mexico
- language
- English
- id
- 8994361
- date added to LUP
- 2019-09-09 08:59:29
- date last changed
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abstract = {{Entrepreneurial education is widely acknowledged to enhance entrepreneurial activity and is employed as a means to fight poverty and to create economic prosperity. Entrepreneurial selfefficacy, defined as a person’s belief in their entrepreneurial capabilities, has been identified as a central construct in the process of business creation and is recognized as intended outcome of entrepreneurial training - however, the factors underlying its long-term development after training participation remain unexplored. The purpose of the present the study was to examine the short- and long-term impact of entrepreneurial training on entrepreneurial self-efficacy based on entrepreneurial mastery experiences and along the lines of the dynamic transfer model. The study employed a pre-test post-test control group design with one follow-up measure 15 months after an action-oriented entrepreneurial training as the intervention. Mexican undergraduate students (N = 264) participated in three measurement waves. The empirical results indicated that an initial positive short-term effect of training on entrepreneurial self-efficacy decreased with time. Unexpectedly, post-training entrepreneurial self-efficacy did not predict subsequent entrepreneurial behavior. The number of started businesses and their evaluation as successfully perceived mastery experiences predicted subsequent levels of entrepreneurial self-efficacy. The number of abandoned businesses and negatively connoted evaluations as setback experiences did not predict long-term entrepreneurial self-efficacy. The applicability of the dynamic transfer model in the context of entrepreneurial self-efficacy is questioned.}},
author = {{Bechler, Lena}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{What sustains entrepreneurial self-efficacy after entrepreneurial training? An insight into dynamic training transfer based on entrepreneurial mastery experiences}},
year = {{2019}},
}