Impact of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurial Intentions of Potential Entrepreneurs in India
This study explores the impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intentions of potential entrepreneurs in India. To this end, a government-sponsored skill and development programme has been critically examined in the study. It is envisaged
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Impact of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurial Intentions of Potential Entrepreneurs in India Deepali, Sudhir K. Jain and Harish Chaudhary
Abstract This study explores the impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intentions of potential entrepreneurs in India. To this end, a government-sponsored skill and development programme has been critically examined in the study. It is envisaged that such programmes would advance entrepreneurial intentions among potential entrepreneurs. In order to determine the impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intentions, 164 students were sampled and the data were collected from two groups formed from the sample: one which had received a 6-month formal entrepreneurship education and the other which did not. A survey technique was used to critically examine the impact of entrepreneurship education on the receiver and non-receiver groups. Findings suggest (1) significant contribution of training and skill development on the receiver group and (2) level of general education that has a negative impact on entrepreneurial intentions. The study may enable policy makers to formulate entrepreneurship education programmes for potential entrepreneurs who may be unemployed, semi-literate, and underemployed and non-entrepreneurial society. Keywords Education entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship education
India
Potential
Deepali (&) S.K. Jain H. Chaudhary Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi, India e-mail: [email protected] S.K. Jain e-mail: [email protected] H. Chaudhary e-mail: [email protected] © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017 M.J. Manimala and P. Thomas (eds.), Entrepreneurship Education, DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-3319-3_16
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1 Introduction Entrepreneurship has boosted the economy of many developing as well as developed countries. Due to its economic importance, entrepreneurship education has been considered an important factor in understanding entrepreneurship and encouraging it among scholars and potential entrepreneurs. In order to adopt a systematic approach towards entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship-oriented educational programmes are becoming the focal point in education system across regions (Gorman et al. 1997; Lourenço et al. 2013a, b). Consequently, unique entrepreneurship courses are unified with research-grounded entrepreneurship programmes (Béchard and Denis 2002) so that entrepreneurship can be encouraged and understood. The impact of education on entrepreneurship varies according to geographic locations. For instance, in the USA, entrepreneurs have a slightly higher return on their education as compared to employees, whereas for European entrepreneurs, returns on education are slightly lower than those for employees. In case of entrepreneurship schooling, USA has higher returns than those of Europe (Trostelet al. 2002). Entrepreneurship education is also affected by cultural differences; therefore, its impact also varies by region a
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