Teachers as entrepreneurial role models: The impact of a teacher's entrepreneurial experience and student learning styles in entrepreneurial intentions

This article uses Social Learning Theory and the Role Model Theory to address the issue of the impact teachers have as role models regarding the development of the entrepreneurial intentions of their students. We also tested whether this impact varies based on the students' learning styles. We condu...

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Authors: Bueckmann Diegoli, Rafaela; San Martín Gutiérrez, Héctor|||0000-0003-0424-3088; García de los Salmones, María del Mar|||0000-0001-5217-4553
Format: Article
Publication date:2018
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repository:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/13731
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10902/13731
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Entrepreneurship education
Entrepreneurial intention
Teacher
Role model
Learning style
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author Bueckmann Diegoli, Rafaela
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description This article uses Social Learning Theory and the Role Model Theory to address the issue of the impact teachers have as role models regarding the development of the entrepreneurial intentions of their students. We also tested whether this impact varies based on the students' learning styles. We conducted a survey of 50 teachers and 560 undergraduate students from 26 campuses of a private university in Mexico. Data collection occurred before and after a mandatory entrepreneurship course. Students with converging learning styles have a significantly higher increase in entrepreneurial intentions when teachers with entrepreneurial experience taught the course. For the other students, the teachers' entrepreneurial experience does not influence the formation of entrepreneurial intentions. To the best of the knowledge of the authors, this is the first time that empirical research considers the effect of both a teacher?s entrepreneurial experience and the students' learning style when evaluating the impact of entrepreneurship education programs.
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spelling Teachers as entrepreneurial role models: The impact of a teacher's entrepreneurial experience and student learning styles in entrepreneurial intentions Bueckmann Diegoli, Rafaela San Martín Gutiérrez, Héctor|||0000-0003-0424-3088 García de los Salmones, María del Mar|||0000-0001-5217-4553 Entrepreneurship education Entrepreneurial intention Teacher Role model Learning style This article uses Social Learning Theory and the Role Model Theory to address the issue of the impact teachers have as role models regarding the development of the entrepreneurial intentions of their students. We also tested whether this impact varies based on the students' learning styles. We conducted a survey of 50 teachers and 560 undergraduate students from 26 campuses of a private university in Mexico. Data collection occurred before and after a mandatory entrepreneurship course. Students with converging learning styles have a significantly higher increase in entrepreneurial intentions when teachers with entrepreneurial experience taught the course. For the other students, the teachers' entrepreneurial experience does not influence the formation of entrepreneurial intentions. To the best of the knowledge of the authors, this is the first time that empirical research considers the effect of both a teacher?s entrepreneurial experience and the students' learning style when evaluating the impact of entrepreneurship education programs. Allied Business Academies http://hdl.handle.net/10902/13731
spellingShingle Teachers as entrepreneurial role models: The impact of a teacher's entrepreneurial experience and student learning styles in entrepreneurial intentions
Bueckmann Diegoli, Rafaela
Entrepreneurship education
Entrepreneurial intention
Teacher
Role model
Learning style
title Teachers as entrepreneurial role models: The impact of a teacher's entrepreneurial experience and student learning styles in entrepreneurial intentions
title_full Teachers as entrepreneurial role models: The impact of a teacher's entrepreneurial experience and student learning styles in entrepreneurial intentions
title_fullStr Teachers as entrepreneurial role models: The impact of a teacher's entrepreneurial experience and student learning styles in entrepreneurial intentions
title_full_unstemmed Teachers as entrepreneurial role models: The impact of a teacher's entrepreneurial experience and student learning styles in entrepreneurial intentions
title_short Teachers as entrepreneurial role models: The impact of a teacher's entrepreneurial experience and student learning styles in entrepreneurial intentions
title_sort Teachers as entrepreneurial role models: The impact of a teacher's entrepreneurial experience and student learning styles in entrepreneurial intentions
topic Entrepreneurship education
Entrepreneurial intention
Teacher
Role model
Learning style
topic_facet Entrepreneurship education
Entrepreneurial intention
Teacher
Role model
Learning style
url http://hdl.handle.net/10902/13731