The online entrepreneurship program effect on young people's self-efficacy and intention: an experiment in Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, China and Romania

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Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies Pub Date : 2023-10-12 DOI:10.1108/jeee-12-2022-0385

Daniel Vankov, David Kozma, Borislav Vankov, Johan Chiers, Martin Galanternik, Lin Wang

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Purpose Entrepreneurship can help tackle economic problems, such as unemployment. It is often promoted through education programs. There is a limited comprehensive and rigorous understanding of how entrepreneurship education programs and their ubiquitous distance delivery affect young people's entrepreneurial self-efficacy and intention, particularly in non-formal settings. The purpose of this study is to address this gap. Design/methodology/approach Underpinned by the Social Cognitive Theory, this paper investigates the effects of one entrepreneurship education program in a study with 145 young people from five countries aged 18 to 25 years, 62 Intervention and 83 Control participants. The program's impact on the participants' entrepreneurial intention and self-efficacy (across six sub-dimensions) was assessed in a one-off two-week quasi-experiment. Ex-ante and ex-post self-reported data were collected about the participants. Findings One-way analyses of covariance were performed to assess separately for changes in the Intervention participants' answers, relative to the Control group. The results of this study suggest the program significantly affected all measures. Originality/value These findings contribute to the discussions on the education programs’ effectiveness in promoting entrepreneurship. As a result, they may contribute to entrepreneurship education overcoming geographical and socio-economic hurdles (cost, time and entry barriers) to advance the development of industry, economy and community worldwide.

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网络创业项目对青年自我效能感和意向的影响:阿根廷、比利时、保加利亚、中国和罗马尼亚的实验

创业可以帮助解决经济问题，比如失业。它通常通过教育项目来推广。对于创业教育项目及其无处不在的远程教育如何影响年轻人的创业自我效能感和创业意向，尤其是在非正规环境中，人们的理解还不够全面和严谨。本研究的目的是解决这一差距。在社会认知理论的基础上，本文对来自5个国家的145名18 - 25岁的年轻人、62名干预参与者和83名控制参与者进行了一项创业教育计划的研究。在为期两周的一次性准实验中，评估了该计划对参与者创业意向和自我效能感(跨越六个子维度)的影响。收集受试者事前和事后的自我报告数据。研究结果进行了单因素协方差分析，分别评估干预组参与者的回答相对于对照组的变化。本研究结果表明，该方案显著影响了所有措施。这些发现有助于讨论教育项目在促进企业家精神方面的有效性。因此，它们可能有助于创业教育克服地理和社会经济障碍(成本、时间和进入障碍)，促进全世界工业、经济和社区的发展。

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Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies BUSINESS-

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期刊介绍： JEEE acquaints the readers with the latest trends and directions of explorations in the theory and practice of entrepreneurship. For the research section, the Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies considers high quality theoretical and empirical academic research articles in the field of entrepreneurship, as well as general reviews. The ‘Entrepreneurship in practice’ section publishes insights from industry, case studies, policy focus pieces and interviews with entrepreneurs. Coverage will focus primarily on the following topics: Government policy on entrepreneurship International entrepreneurship Small and medium-sized enterprises Family-owned businesses The innovator as an individual and as a personality type New venture creation and acquisitions of a growing company Entrepreneurial behaviour in large organizations Venture financing and entrepreneurial education Minority issues in small business and entrepreneurship Corporate and non-profit entrepreneurship Ethics, the entrepreneur and the company Entrepreneurial cooperation and networking Entrepreneurial environment and cross-cultural management Comparative studies of entrepreneurship and marketing issues Development of the service sector and Chinese economy Chinese marketing and business innovation Service marketing and service innovation Brand management and network innovation Supply chain management and customer relationship management Entrepreneurial processes Risk management and venture capital Entrepreneurship and environmental sustainability Entrepreneurial growth and business sustainability Entrepreneurship, social sustainability, and social justice Entrepreneurship, proverty alleviation, and economic development.