Entrepreneurship education programme, passion and attitude towards self-employment

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Akuraun Shadrach Iyortsuun ◽  
Meshach G. Goyit ◽  
Reuel J. Dakung
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Human Capital Theory ◽  
Dual Model ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Drawing on the human capital theory and the dual model of passion, this study aims to explore the mediating role of passion on the relationship between entrepreneurship education programme and students’ attitude towards self-employment (SE). Design/methodology/approach The proposed research framework was tested on a sample of 445 higher education students in four universities in North-Central Nigeria. Findings The results indicated that learning and inspiration account for the variation in students’ attitude towards SE. Furthermore, the study revealed that harmonious and obsessive passion largely mediate the relationship between entrepreneurship education programme and attitude towards SE. Practical implications The policy implication is the scaling of policies targeted at encouraging the development of passion given its significant role in the entrepreneurship education programme and attitude towards SE link. Originality/value The study has established the importance of human capital theory in explaining the attitude towards SE phenomenon using a multi-theoretical approach and has advanced the theoretical field of affect and its relevance in the field of entrepreneurship.

Career Development and Human Capital Theory: Preaching the “Education Gospel”

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tristram Hooley
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Education System ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Human Capital Theory ◽  
Development Education ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Development Interventions ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Alternative Relationships

This chapter analyses the relationship between career development, education, and human capital theory. It argues that education lies at the heart of our understanding of how individuals develop their careers and how purposeful career development interventions can support them in this endeavour. Career development services are most evident and accessible in the education system. This relationship is not accidental but is rooted in both the historical development of the field and in the importance of human capital theory to the ideology of both education and career development. The chapter finishes by critiquing the dependence of policymakers and advocates for the field on human capital theory and by considering alternative relationships that could be built between education and career development.

Employee self-concepts, voluntary learning behavior, and perceived employability

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 264-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sungjun Kim ◽  
Hacksoo Kim ◽  
Jinkyu Lee
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Human Capital Theory ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Learning Behavior ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Perceived Employability ◽  
Interactive Relationship ◽  
Concept Theory

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the antecedents of employees’ perceived employability based on both self-concept and human capital theory. The study tested the relationship between employees’ self-concepts and perceived employability by using organization-based self-esteem (OBSE) and role-breadth self-efficacy. This study also examined the interactive relationship between self-concepts and voluntary leaning behavior, which can be viewed as a means of enhancing human capital. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from 301 employees of an organization in Korea. Findings – The results demonstrated that OBSE and its interaction with voluntary learning behavior were positively correlated with perceived employability. Research limitations/implications – The data were cross-sectional. Causal inferences should be made with caution. Originality/value – Unlike previous literature that has relied primarily on human capital theory, this study draws on self-concept theory to show that employee self-concept can be an antecedent of perceived employability. Furthermore, this study argues that employees’ perceived employability may be more fully understood through the lenses of both self-concept and human capital theories.

scholarly journals Investigating the motivation for enterprise education: a CaRBS based exposition

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 584-612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malcolm J. Beynon ◽  
Paul Jones ◽  
Gary Packham ◽  
David Pickernell
Keyword(s):  
Course Design ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Uncertain Reasoning ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Entrepreneurial Education ◽  
Data Mining Technique ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Start Up

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate student motivation for undertaking an entrepreneurship education programme and their ultimate employment aspirations through a novel data mining technique. The study considered what relationship certain motivation characteristics have to students’ aspirations, specifically in terms of their intention to be self-employed or employed. Design/methodology/approach – The study examined enrolment data of 720 students on an entrepreneurial education programme, with work statuses of full-time, part-time or unemployed and have known aspirations to either employment or self-employment. The Classification and Ranking Belief Simplex (CaRBS) technique is employed in the classification analyses undertaken, which offers an uncertain reasoning based visual approach to the exposition of findings. Findings – The classification findings demonstrate the level of contribution of the different motivations to the discernment of students with self-employed and employed aspirations. The most contributing aspirations were Start-Up, Interests and Qualifications. For these aspirations, further understanding is provided with respect to gender and student age (in terms of the association with aspirations towards self-employed or employed). For example, with respect to Start-Up, the older the unemployed student, the increasing association with employment rather than self-employment career aspirations. Research limitations/implications – The study identifies candidate motivation and the demographic profile for student's undertaking an entrepreneurial education programme. Knowing applicant aspirations should inform course design, pedagogy and its inherent flexibility and recognise the specific needs of certain student groups. Originality/value – The study contributes to the literature examining motivations for undertaking entrepreneurship education and categorising motivating factors. These findings will be of value to both education providers and researchers.

scholarly journals Human capital or signalling, unpacking the graduate premium

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 420-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asher Pericles Rospigliosi ◽  
Sue Greener ◽  
Tom Bourner ◽  
Maura Sheehan
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Human Capital Theory ◽  
University Education ◽  
Potential Productivity ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
High Propensity ◽  
False Dichotomy ◽  
Signalling Theory

Purpose –The purpose of this paper is to revisit the debate on the contribution of higher education (HE) to the economy which has been dominated by human capital theory and signalling theory. Human capital theory contends that HE contributes by adding to the potential productivity of graduate employees. Signalling theory, asserts that HE contributes by enabling employers to differentiate potentially productive graduate employees. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses recent advances in our understanding of the graduate employability to reassess the two theories. Most graduate job vacancies are open to graduates of any subject and the key to employment in such jobs appears to be the graduate propensity to learn in employment. Findings – HE both increases students’ propensity to learn in employment and signals to employers that graduates are people with a high propensity to learn in employment. Practical implications – The conclusion is that for the four key stakeholder groups, the economic value of a university education can best be explained with the concept of “graduate propensity to learn”. Social implications – Employers, government, existing students and potential students and universities benefit from the propensity to learn, which is the most important economic outcome of a university education. Originality/value – The paper resolves the choice between human capital and signalling theories as a false dichotomy as HE both develops students’ powers.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurship Education and Entrepreneurial Intentions of College Students: The Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy and the Moderating Role of Entrepreneurial Competition Experience

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lihao Wu ◽  
Suo Jiang ◽  
Xiaomin Wang ◽  
Linwei Yu ◽  
Yansu Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to explore effective ways to improve college students’ entrepreneurial self-efficacy and intentions through entrepreneurship education. The survey used a random sample of 804 college students in Zhejiang Province, China. The results show that: (1) In terms of the characteristics of entrepreneurial intention, there are significant differences in gender, entrepreneurial experience, entrepreneurial competition experience, and family background of self-employment. (2) There are significant differences in the characteristics of entrepreneurship education in gender, entrepreneurial competition experience, and the family background of self-employment. (3) In the relationship among entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and entrepreneurial intention, entrepreneurship education is significantly and positively related to entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention. Entrepreneurial self-efficacy is significantly and positively associated with entrepreneurial intention. Entrepreneurial self-efficacy plays a complete mediating role between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intention. Entrepreneurial self-efficacy also has a suppressing effect on the relationship between the two. (4) Entrepreneurial competition experience moderates the second half of the mediating effect of entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Finally, the study offers several proposals for the teaching practice of entrepreneurship education.

scholarly journals Study of Motives of Chinese Business English Development Based on the Theory of Human Capital

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Ouyang Meichang ◽  
Zhu Wenzhong ◽  
Liu Dan
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Human Capital Theory ◽  
Social Recognition ◽  
Business English ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Teaching Development ◽  
Chinese Business ◽  
The Relationship

Business English in China has evolved into a cross-disciplinary program from ESP, with more than 1000 universities having set the program of business English in bachelor, master or doctor degree levels. In general, it has undergone a rapid development and enjoyed a more and more social recognition. This paper tries to uncover the underlying motives of the quick development of the program based on the perspective of human capital theory, and find out the possible relationship between business English teaching development and human capital The results conclude that there exists the relationship between them, and the theory of human capital opens a novel theoretical foundation for the related researches.

An exploration of gender, interlocking directorates, and corporate performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean B. O’Hagan
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Boards Of Directors ◽  
Corporate Performance ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Resource Dependency ◽  
Human Capital Theory ◽  
Interlocking Directorates ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Female Directors

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the impact that women who sit on boards of directors, as well as women that are part of an interlocking directorate, have on corporate performance. The investigation is placed within the literature on human capital theory and resource dependency as an argument for gender diversity and boards of directors. Design/methodology/approach A director data set for over 32,000 firms based in the USA, composed of 6,218 women and 54,932 men, is utilized. From this, regression and network analysis were utilized. Findings It is found that female directors’ participation in interlocking directorates translates into greater corporate performance when compared to simply examining female representation on boards of directors. Additionally, women involved in interlocks translated into greater corporate performance when compared to men. These results support the resource dependency approach. Practical/implications Results of this study suggest that when considering female directors, corporate performance is enhanced when female directors already sit on the boards of other firms. Originality/value This study highlights external network connections to differentiate between human capital theory and resource dependency as an argument for gender diversity and boards of directors.

scholarly journals Human capital flows in failing organizations: an integrated conceptual framework

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 732-746 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Amankwah-Amoah
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Capital Flows ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Failure Process ◽  
Business Failure ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the dynamics of human capital accumulation and human capital depletion in the processes leading to business failure.Design/methodology/approachBuilding on the human capital theory, strategic human resource and business failure literature, this paper develops a conceptual framework which links the inward and outward dimensions of human capital flows in the business failure process.FindingsThe analysis sheds light on why some highly skilled individuals may opt to flee declining firms to avoid being stigmatised whilst others become motivated to joint such firms.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper suggests that understanding the nature and dynamics of both flows are essential when seeking to avert collapse.Originality/valueIn spite of a growing body of research on business failure and intense competition for top talent, much of the existing literature has circumvented the relationship between them. This study develops a unified model towards enhancing our understanding of the human capital flows.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurship education and sustainable development: mediating role of entrepreneurial skills

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-339
Author(s):  
James Edomwonyi Edokpolor
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Entrepreneurial Skills ◽  
Nigerian University ◽  
University Undergraduates ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Purpose This study aims to examine the mediating role of entrepreneurial skills developed by undergraduates (ESDU) in the relationship between entrepreneurship education (EE) and the core values of sustainable development (CVSD). Design/methodology/approach This is a correlational study that used a structured questionnaire for quantitative data collection from 399 purposively selected Nigerian university undergraduates. Findings The results confirmed the statistically significant and positive mediating role of ESDU on the relationship between EE and the CVSD. Originality/value This study has contributed to the mediating role of ESDU in the relationship between EE and the CVSD. This interrelationship can further provide a better understanding or insights into how ESDU can help mediate the relationship between EE and the CVSD.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Postsecondary Education and Skill: Comparing Credentialism with Human Capital Theory

2004 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Walters
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Human Capital Theory ◽  
Empirical Treatment ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Theoretical Position ◽  
Skill Utilization ◽  
The Relationship

This paper assesses the importance of the credential requirements used by employers to attract graduates who will use their education on the job. The framework of this study is embedded within the theoretical debates between proponents of the credentialist and human capital theories of education. Past research related to these debates has focused largely on issues such as earnings, underemployment, and productivity, while less empirical treatment has focused on the issue of skill utilization. The statistical analysis suggests that there is a strong correspondence between employees' credentials and the needs of their employers. The extent to which the viability of each theoretical position depends on specific postsecondary programs is also explored.

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