The University Connection as an Impulse to Entrepreneurship in Young People

Author(s):  
Jovanna Nathalie Cervantes-Guzmán

It is necessary for university students to be trained with real cases so that they experience experiential learning, where they have a concrete experience and learn from it. Integrating training, education, and soft skills to arm them with the necessary tools to develop an entrepreneurial intention, this will be done by training multidisciplinary work using business models adapted to teaching entrepreneurship, thus achieving avoiding drifting talent trained in universities, which does not find a stimulus to knowledge to achieve the development of their venture. Providing it from schoolwork can lead to potential businesses through the association of different university careers to generate and enhance multidisciplinary professional student-student relationships.

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-48
Author(s):  
Jovanna Nathalie Cervantes-Guzmán

It is necessary for university students to be trained with real cases so that they experience experiential learning, where they have a concrete experience and learn from it. Integrating training, education, and soft skills arm them with the necessary tools to develop an entrepreneurial intention. This will be done by training multidisciplinary work using business models adapted to teaching entrepreneurship. Thus, achieving avoids drifting talent trained in universities, which does not find a stimulus to knowledge to achieve the development of their venture. It should be provided from schoolwork that can lead to potential businesses, through the association of different university careers to generate and enhance multidisciplinary professional student-student relationships.


2022 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Jovanna Nathalie Cervantes-Guzmán

It is necessary for university students to be trained with real cases so that they experience experiential learning, where they have a concrete experience and learn from it. Integrating training, education, and soft skills to arm them with the necessary tools to develop an entrepreneurial intention is done by training multidisciplinary work using business models adapted to teaching entrepreneurship as part of the global enterprise challenge, thus avoiding drifting talent trained in universities, which does not find a stimulus to knowledge to achieve the development of their venture. Providing it from schoolwork can lead to potential businesses through the association of different university careers to generate and enhance multidisciplinary professional student-student relationships.


2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 718
Author(s):  
Luis Eduardo Brandão Paiva ◽  
Tereza Cristina Batista de Lima ◽  
Silvia Maria Dias Pedro Rebouças ◽  
Rômulo Alves Soares

Research on entrepreneurial intention stands out in the academic context and addresses several determinants related to the behavioral nature influencing entrepreneurship. Consequently, the following behavioral constructs were used for sustainable entrepreneurship: attitude towards self-employment; orientation towards sustainability; propensity to innovate; barriers and facilities for entrepreneurial activities; and entrepreneurs in the immediate family. This study aimed to analyze the influence of the behavioral constructs of sustainable entrepreneurship on the entrepreneurial intentions of university students. Based on a sample of 318 students enrolled on an administration course at the Federal University of Ceará, statistical techniques of data analysis were applied, namely factorial analysis, inferential statistics (t-test and Mann-Whitney test), logistic regression and Classification and Regression Trees (CART). Three hypotheses were constructed in this study based on the literature: (i) there is a positive influence between the orientation towards the sustainability of university students and their entrepreneurial intention, (ii) there is a positive influence between the propensity to innovate and the entrepreneurial intention of the university students, and (iii) having entrepreneurs in the immediate family contributes positively to the entrepreneurial intent of university students. It was noted that, in general, students most likely to have entrepreneurial intent are those most concerned with environmental issues, that are stimulating and original, and have immediate relatives that are entrepreneurs.


2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonidas A. Zampetakis ◽  
Manto Gotsi ◽  
Constantine Andriopoulos ◽  
Vassilis Moustakis

The authors examine the link between creativity and entrepreneurial intention in young people and the roles that family and education may play in encouraging this link. The results from a survey of 180 undergraduate business school students show that the more creative young people consider themselves to be, the higher are their entrepreneurial intentions. Students' creativity also fully mediates the effect of family support for creativity on their entrepreneurial intention. Support for creativity in the university is found to have no effect on their creativity or on their entrepreneurial intention. Entrepreneurship course attendance moderates the effect of individual creativity on entrepreneurial intention.


Author(s):  
С.А. Лысуенко

В статье обсуждаются вопросы, связанные с особенностями профессионального выбора выпускников общеобразовательных организаций. Представлены результаты исследования, позволяющие определить роль осознанной саморегуляции активности молодых людей, оказавшихся в ситуации профессионального выбора (на примере студентов педагогического вуза). В исследовании приняли участие 302 студента первого курса, обучающихся по направлению подготовки 44.03.01 «Педагогическое образование». В качестве инструментария были использованы методика «Мотивация учения студентов педагогического вуза» С. А. Пакулиной и М. В. Овчинникова и опросник «Стиль саморегуляции поведения» В. И. Моросановой. Данные, полученные в процессе исследования, были структурированы, обработаны и проинтерпретированы с применением математических методов. Было установлено, что студенты первого курса, совершившие при поступлении в вуз профессиональный выбор с учетом своих интересов и склонностей, обладают сформировавшейся потребностью продумывать способы своих действий и поведения для достижения намеченных целей, а план их действий отличается детализированностью и развернутостью. Также им свойственны самостоятельность при проектировании способов достижения индивидуальных целей, гибкость в случае возникновения непредвиденных обстоятельств, развитая адекватная оценка себя и полученных результатов. По итогам исследования был сделан вывод о том, что наличие сформированной системы осознанной саморегуляции произвольной активности у индивида, находящегося на этапе выбора профессии, позволяет совершить более правильный профессиональный выбор, что, в свою очередь, является одним из условий актуализации профессионально-личностного потенциала. The article discusses issues related to the peculiarities of the professional choice of graduates of public education organizations. There are results of the study presented, which allow us to determine the role of conscious self-regulation of the activity of young people who find themselves in a situation of having to make a professional choice (on the example of students of a pedagogical university). The research involved 302 first-year students studying in the field of training 44.03.01 «Pedagogical Education». As research tools, the «Motivation of teaching pedagogical university students» methodology by S.А. Pakulina and M.V. Ovchinnikov and the questionnaire «Style of self-regulation of behaviour» by V.I. Morosanova were used. The data obtained during the research were organized, processed and interpreted using mathematical methods. It was found that first-year students who, upon entering the university, made a professional choice more consciously, taking into account their interests and inclinations have a well-developed need to think through their actions and behaviour to achieve their goals and their action plan is detailed. They are also characterized by independence in designing an action plan to achieve individual goals, flexibility in the situation of unforeseen circumstances, an advanced adequate assessment of themselves and the results they achieved. As the main conclusion, the following is formulated: the possession of a developed system of conscious self-regulation of arbitrary activity in an individual who is at the stage of choosing a profession allows him to make an adequate professional choice, which, in turn, is one of the conditions for the actualization of professional and personal potential.


2022 ◽  
pp. 28-49
Author(s):  
Sergio Alloza Castillo ◽  
Flavio Escribano ◽  
Óscar Rodrigo González López ◽  
María Buenadicha Mateos

The preconceived notion concerning negative effects of video games and students' academic performance is a widely known subject. However, some investigations explore the positive impact of video games on academic performance. With a sample of 247 university students, this chapter studies the perception of both gamers and non-gamers about soft skills and their current relevance in academic and professional fields. The possible relationships linking the intensity of the usage of video games, academic performance, and the perception concerning soft skills are investigated. The results expose a generalized positive perception respecting the relation between video games and the development of soft skills, specifically to the video game genre and its relevance and influence on academic performance, as well as gender differences, where women prevail in emotional and social managements, although this influence is not elevated.


2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (7/8) ◽  
pp. 779-803
Author(s):  
Yaser Hasan Salem Al-Mamary ◽  
Mohammed Abdulrab ◽  
Mohammed A. Alwaheeb ◽  
Naif Ghazi M. Alshammari

PurposeThis research intends to contribute to the literature of entrepreneurial intentions through determining the factors impacting the entrepreneurial intentions among students in different academic programs. This is in order to enhance and improve entrepreneurship-related procedures within relevant universities.Design/methodology/approachThe study was conducted by a structured survey questionnaire on 261 students in the University of Hail. The questionnaire was developed based on previous studies. The proposed hypotheses were tested by the use of the structured equation modeling (SEM) via using Amos software.FindingsThe results of the current study support the theoretical integration of the model as most of the hypotheses have been accepted. The results of the survey also show that attitudes toward behavior, self-efficacy, autonomy, risk-taking, pro-activeness and competitive aggressiveness are expressively related with entrepreneurial intention. Yet, social norms and innovativeness are not considerably connected with entrepreneurial intention.Research limitations/implicationsThis study seeks to contribute to the relevant literature by integrating the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and the entrepreneurial orientation model (EO). This is in order to identify the factors impacting the intention of entrepreneurship among Saudi university students. As the case in many studies, this present study has some limitations. The main limitation lies in that it would not be possible to generalize the study's findings. This is due to the fact the research is the outcome of examining and studying one Saudi university. Therefore, it would be better to conduct similar studies in other Saudi universities in order to generalize the findings of the study.Practical implicationsThe study's results could be of value to policymakers and university administrators in Saudi Arabia universities by which they could be enabled to allocate resources, develop strategies and provide all requirements for the sake of improving entrepreneurial skills among university students. This comprehensive model can be used as a tool for planning and prioritizing resources in bid for providing the required support as this support would reinforce the entrepreneurial opportunity of university students. As such, students would have better thinking about entrepreneurial work and thus would be assisted in achieving their professional goals and the broader goal of nation building.Originality/valueSince today's youth are viewed as the potential future entrepreneurs, they should be encouraged to achieve the Saudi Kingdom's goals through creating suitable employment opportunities for them by supporting entrepreneurship. Therefore, pointing out the factors impacting the entrepreneurial intention of students will contribute to developing the field of entrepreneurship among young people in Saudi Arabic in general. In addition, realized outcomes would create an exciting new knowledge with regard to the entrepreneurial intention among the youth at the university level.


Author(s):  
Janet Dong ◽  
Janak Dave

Experiential Learning (EL) is a philosophy in which educators purposefully engage learners in direct experience and focused reflection in order to maximize learning, increase knowledge, and develop skills. Based on the learning cycle proposed by Lewin and the philosophy of Dewey, in that each experience builds upon previous experiences and influences the way future experiences will affect the learner, Kolb[1] developed the experiential learning model to describe the learning process. The four stages of the model are: Concrete Experience, Reflective Observation, Abstract Conceptualization and Active Experimentation. This model shows how theory, concrete experience, reflection and active experimentation can be brought together to produce richer learning than any of these elements can on its own. The College of Engineering and Applied Science did not implement the Kolb model fully due to insufficient resources. Therefore, only the first two of the four stages were used. Many avenues of concrete experiential learning exist for the students in the engineering technology programs at the University of Cincinnati, such as co-op, service learning, global study programs, field projects, academic research, etc. This paper gives a description of the experiential learning of students at the University of Cincinnati in the areas of global study, honors program and undergraduate research. Two faculty members in Mechanical Engineering Technology from the College of Engineering and Applied Science were involved in these experiences. Their experiences, along with student reflections, are discussed in the paper.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 469-477
Author(s):  
Naim AHMAD ◽  
Naim AHMAD ◽  
Mobin AHMAD ◽  
Abdullah KINSARA ◽  
Afnan T. MUSHTAQ ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Ana Rodríguez Martínez ◽  
Alejandra Cortés Pascual ◽  
Sonia Val Blasco

RESUMENLas soft-skills o competencias transversales se consideran imprescindibles hoy en día para la formación en cualquier campo de conocimiento. Sin embargo, en los servicios de orientación profesional para universitarios todavía no se han incorporado de forma general. El objetivo de la investigación es conocer cómo influye el recibir orientación profesional por competencias transversales en el nivel de empleabilidad de los universitarios-egresados y comprobar si existen diferencias significativas según sexo, edad o situación laboral.Se utiliza un diseño cuasiexperimental pretest-postest con grupo control-experimental. Se lleva a cabo una intervención de orientación por competencias, La muestra es de 748 universitarios-egresados que solicitan orientación profesional y participan en programas subvencionados por la Unión Europea dentro de los programas de los Agentes Sociales de Aragón. Obtenemos la información a través de cuestionarios, entrevistas y de grupos de discusión elaborados (ad hoc). Los datos cuantitativos son analizados con el programa estadístico SPSS y los datos cualitativos son analizados a través de categorización predefinidas y emergentes por segmentos o unidades de análisis y textos transcritos con el software Nvivo.Se halla que la orientación profesional por competencias mejora el nivel de empleabilidad de los universitarios. Recibir orientación profesional por competencias contribuye positivamente a la mejora del nivel de empleabilidad de los universitarios en general y al desarrollo de las competencias transversales y del manejo de los recursos y las herramientas de un modo particular. Existe una clara correlación entre los universitarios-egresados que reciben orientación profesional por competencias y una coyuntura laboral satisfactoria en los mismos.ABSTRACT Soft skills or transversal competences are considered essential for training in any field of knowledge. However, professional guidance services for university students have not yet been incorporated. The aim of the research is to know how professional orientation by transversal competences influences the level of employability of university-graduates and to check if there are significant differences according to sex, age or employment situation.For the research, a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design with a control-experimental group was used, as well as a competency orientation intervention. The sample was compound of 748 university-graduates who request professional guidance and were enrolled in programs subsidized by the European Union within the programs of the Social Agents of Aragon. Information was obtained through questionnaires, interviews and discussion groups. Quantitative data are analyzed with SPSS statistical program and qualitative data are analyzed through predefined and emerging categorization by segments or units of analysis and transcribed texts using Nvivo software.It is found that professional orientation by competences improves the employability level of the university students. Receiving professional guidance by competences contributes positively to the improvement of the employability level of university students in general and to the development of transversal skills and the management of resources and tools. There is a clear correlation between the university-graduates who receive professional guidance by competencies and a satisfactory working conjuncture in themselves.


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