The Path to Entrepreneurship: The Role of Social Networks in Driving Entrepreneurial Learning and Education

IF 2.5 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Jahangir Wasim, Moustafa Haj Youssef, Ioannis Christodoulou, R. Reinhardt
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This research aims to examine the extent to which the way entrepreneurs learn is reflected in entrepreneurship education, highlighting the existing gap between the literature on entrepreneurial learning and the practice of entrepreneurship education. To explore entrepreneurial learning in-depth, we adopted an interpretivist-constructivist approach that involves participant observation at coworking spaces and semi-structured interviews with entrepreneurs. Data were subsequently analyzed using thematic analysis. Major findings indicate that social networks play a vital role in facilitating entrepreneurial learning, with context and network serving as essential learning mechanisms. However, these elements are often disregarded in traditional entrepreneurship education approaches. This study highlights a gap in the literature where the focus of entrepreneurial learning is primarily on entrepreneurs, while entrepreneurship education primarily focuses on students and educators. The study’s contribution is its emphasis on the importance of social networks in entrepreneurial learning and its potential for redesigning entrepreneurship education. By bridging the gap between entrepreneurial learning and entrepreneurship education, it is possible to create educational approaches that more closely mimic how entrepreneurs learn in real life, potentially leading to more impactful entrepreneurial activity.
创业之路:社会网络在推动创业学习和教育中的作用
本研究旨在探讨创业者的学习方式在创业教育中的体现程度,突出强调有关创业学习的文献与创业教育实践之间存在的差距。为了深入探讨创业学习,我们采用了解释-建构主义方法,包括在协同工作空间进行参与式观察,以及对创业者进行半结构化访谈。随后采用主题分析法对数据进行了分析。主要研究结果表明,社会网络在促进创业学习方面发挥着至关重要的作用,而情境和网络则是必不可少的学习机制。然而,这些要素在传统的创业教育方法中往往被忽视。本研究强调了文献中的一个空白,即创业学习的重点主要是创业者,而创业教育的重点主要是学生和教育者。本研究的贡献在于它强调了社会网络在创业学习中的重要性及其重新设计创业教育的潜力。通过缩小创业学习与创业教育之间的差距,有可能创造出更接近创业者在现实生活中学习方式的教育方法,从而有可能带来更有影响力的创业活动。
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Journal of Management Education
Journal of Management Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-
CiteScore
4.10
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14.30%
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23
期刊介绍: The Journal of Management Education (JME) encourages contributions that respond to important issues in management education. The overriding question that guides the journal’s double-blind peer review process is: Will this contribution have a significant impact on thinking and/or practice in management education? Contributions may be either conceptual or empirical in nature, and are welcomed from any topic area and any country so long as their primary focus is on learning and/or teaching issues in management or organization studies. Although our core areas of interest are organizational behavior and management, we are also interested in teaching and learning developments in related domains such as human resource management & labor relations, social issues in management, critical management studies, diversity, ethics, organizational development, production and operations, sustainability, etc. We are open to all approaches to scholarly inquiry that form the basis for high quality knowledge creation and dissemination within management teaching and learning.
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