Assessment of Entrepreneurial Potential in the Training of a New Generation of Change Agents in Spain

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ID5935675
AuthorsAntonio Ramón Cárdenas-Gutiérrez (0000-0002-8799-2860, Universidad de Sevilla, corresponding author), Ana M Domínguez-Quintero (0000-0001-5066-0216, Universidad de Sevilla), Antonio Bernal-Guerrero (0000-0002-0387-9538, Universidad de Sevilla)
Year2023
Volume12
Issue12
Pages680
Publication date2023-12-10
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/socsci12120680
OpenAlexW4389545481
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited48

The development of entrepreneurial potential in the training of school-age pupils is relevant for carrying out projects of an innovative and transformative nature. Entrepreneurial training is enacted through Spanish educational regulations, in relation to the development of the key entrepreneurial competence. Thus, a training programme in entrepreneurial potential for school-age students, who are considered as agents of change, was evaluated under the approach of "enterprise education pedagogy". For this purpose, an experimental research study, pre-test and post-test, with a control and experimental group, was designed. The sample consisted of 1036 participants from eight autonomous communities in Spain. The data analysis was carried out by means of a t-test to compare the mean before and after the application of the programme on the total number of participants, as well as on the subgroups with and without entrepreneurial intentions. The results show that the PEIEO programme had a positive effect on entrepreneurial potential. The experimental group, compared to the control group, significantly increased their total score in the t-test, as well as for each dimension of entrepreneurial potential. Similarly, the participants considered to have entrepreneurial intentions further increased their entrepreneurial potential compared to the group considered to have no entrepreneurial intentions. Consequently, the results indicate that entrepreneurship education, in a holistic sense, has a relevant impact on entrepreneurial potential in a programme aimed at training agents of change

Competence (human resources · Entrepreneurship · Pedagogy · Political science · Test (biology · Transformative learning · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Family Business Performance and Succession · Higher Education and Employability · Psychology · Social Psychology

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