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Evaluation of Teaching Entrepreneurship among University Students by Means of an Entrepreneur Profile

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  • Estevão Lima de Carvalho Rocha
  • Ana Augusta Ferreira Freitas

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Entrepreneurship is a socioeconomic phenomenon that has been valued for its influence on the growth and development of regional and national economies. The main promoter of this phenomenon are entrepreneurs, subjects endowed with multiple features that make up their profiles. They are dynamic and results oriented, benefitting from the fruits of their own personal efforts. Entrepreneurial education is highlighted as one of the most efficient ways to promote an entrepreneurial culture and train new entrepreneurs. However, some difficulty has been observed in assessing the effectiveness of teaching and learning this subject. The objective of this study was to analyze, by means of multivariate techniques, an instrument whose function is to measure the learning of Entrepreneurship, verifying the change in entrepreneur profiles of 407 college students participating or not in an entrepreneurial training process. The results showed that students who participated in Entrepreneurship educational training activities showed significant changes in their entrepreneurial profiles. The main contributions showed growth in the Self-realization, Planner, Innovative and Risks Assumed dimensions.

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  • Estevão Lima de Carvalho Rocha & Ana Augusta Ferreira Freitas, 2014. "Evaluation of Teaching Entrepreneurship among University Students by Means of an Entrepreneur Profile," RAC - Revista de Administração Contemporânea (Journal of Contemporary Administration), ANPAD - Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração, vol. 18(4), pages 465-486.
    • Handle: RePEc:abg:anprac:v:18:y:2014:i:4:1047
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