Denise M. Cumberland, Whitney O. Peake, Sharon A. Kerrick, Mary Tapolsky
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Abstract
This study evaluates the impact of a US Midwestern university's ten-week entrepreneurship training program on participants' attitudes, knowledge gained, and level of satisfaction with the course. We used a pre/post-test quasi-experimental design and collected data from 41 participants in the spring of 2019. The results showed that attendees increased their knowledge of key components of venture formation, improved their perceived behavioural control (PBC), and were highly satisfied with the program. The findings contribute to the literature on entrepreneurship education.
期刊介绍:
IJESB publishes and fosters discussion on international, cross-cultural and comparative academic research about entrepreneurs and SMEs. The journal focuses on emerging research topics such as entrepreneurship in developing and transitional countries, gender, family and self-employment, and social enterprise. In addition, it highlights other developing areas such as home-based and part-time activity, informal and illegal activity, sustainability, e-entrepreneurship, indigenous and minority business, and educational and training.