Empowering Women’s Entrepreneurial Potential
Evidence from Sustainability-Focused Entrepreneurship Education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22046710 |
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| Authors | Panagiotis A Tsaknis (0000-0002-4022-9593, Panteion University, corresponding author), Alexandros Sahinidis (0000-0001-7564-5813, University of West Attica), Androniki Kavoura (0000-0002-5940-1998, University of West Attica) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 1585 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-25 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Education Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2227-7102 • E-ISSN: 2227-7102 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/educsci15121585 |
| OpenAlex | W4416674297 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 28 |
Women’s entrepreneurship drives inclusive economic development and creates positive ripple effects throughout society. This study investigates the effects of entrepreneurship education in sustainability on female students, with particular emphasis on determining whether changes in entrepreneurial intentions were driven by the changes of the factors of the Theory of Planned Behavior. We employ a comparative framework with male students to contextualize our findings. The survey employed a pre-test/post-test group design (before and after a semester-long entrepreneurship course). The sample consisted of 271 business students from a Greek university (157 female students, 114 male students). After the course, women indicated positive changes in attitude, perceived behavioral control and entrepreneurial intention. The MEMORE macro revealed that both the positive changes in attitude and perceived behavioral control affected the positive change in entrepreneurial intention. Conversely, men indicated only a positive effect in perceived behavioral control. Notably, the levels of attitude, perceived behavioral control and entrepreneurial intention in women before the course were much lower than men. These findings underscore the importance of entrepreneurship education in sustainability, as a tool with a transformative force in the positive impacts on women’s entrepreneurship and gender equity that leads to sustainable growth
Entrepreneurship · Entrepreneurship education · Locus of control · Need for achievement · Theory of planned behavior · Transformative learning · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Environmental Sustainability in Business · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
Research on Women Entrepreneurs
Implementing Entrepreneurial Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Propensity of Women
Biosocial Construction of Sex Differences and Similarities in Behavior
The future of research on entrepreneurial intentions
Gender, Entrepreneurial Self–Efficacy, and Entrepreneurial Career Intentions
Robustness of the Theory of Planned Behavior in Predicting Entrepreneurial Intentions and Actions
The Role of Gender Stereotypes in Perceptions of Entrepreneurs and Intentions to Become an Entrepreneur
Gender gap in entrepreneurship
Competing models of entrepreneurial intentions
Start-up activities, individual characteristics, and the regional milieu
Role congruity theory of prejudice toward female leaders.
The theory of planned behavior
Social cognitive theory of gender development and differentiation.
Gender schema theory
Taking care of business
Gender effects on entrepreneurial intention
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