Entrepreneurial motivational profiles among university students: The role of universities in fostering entrepreneurship

IF 6 2区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

International Journal of Management Education Pub Date : 2025-03-13 DOI:10.1016/j.ijme.2025.101160

Laura Vall-llosera Casanovas, Gemma Renart-Vicens, Laura Serra, Carme Saurina

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Abstract

In an increasingly globalized world, local and sustainable entrepreneurial initiatives are gaining importance as factors in local economic and social development. If education plays an essential role in students' entrepreneurial motivations, universities need to take an active role in entrepreneurial education and become examples of how to implement sustainable territorial actions. With data from the 2021 Global University Entrepreneurial Spirit Students’ Survey in Spain, we selected 1694 university students who were carrying out their own entrepreneurial projects. Using a Component Principal Analysis and Cluster analysis, we classified these students into three entrepreneurial motivation groups and then characterised them through a descriptive univariate and bivariate inferential analysis with sociodemographic variables and with two indexes measuring university and environmental influence. Knowing the motivational profiles of university students, the entrepreneurial developers of the future, can help university researchers evaluate strategies and educational programs aimed at promoting entrepreneurial behaviour.

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International Journal of Management Education Multiple-

CiteScore

10.30

自引率

25.00%

发文量

136

审稿时长

64 days

期刊介绍： The International Journal of Management Education provides a forum for scholarly reporting and discussion of developments in all aspects of teaching and learning in business and management. The Journal seeks reflective papers which bring together pedagogy and theories of management learning; descriptions of innovative teaching which include critical reflection on implementation and outcomes will also be considered.