Impacts of secondary school context and formal teaching on entrepreneurial attributes

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Abstract

We used social learning theory to examine whether a supportive school environment and formal entrepreneurship education (EE) are linked to secondary school students’ entrepreneurial attributes. We obtained responses to survey questions from 850 students from a total of 28 secondary schools in Hong Kong. We then employed structural equation modelling to test the associations of formal teaching and the school environment with students’ entrepreneurial attributes. Entrepreneurship consists of four distinct constructs: opportunity recognition, innovativeness, risk-taking, and proactiveness. Students in supportive school environment show greater entrepreneurial attributes, but those receiving formal teaching of entrepreneurship show fewer entrepreneurial attributes. These findings provide important insights that can be used for reassessing notions of entrepreneurship in school students, particularly in secondary school students. Copyright © 2023 AERA.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2023
Event2023 Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association: "Interrogating Consequential Education Research in Pursuit of Truth" - Chicago, United States
Duration: 13 Apr 202305 May 2023
https://www.aera.net/Events-Meetings/2023-Annual-Meeting

Conference

Conference2023 Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association: "Interrogating Consequential Education Research in Pursuit of Truth"
Abbreviated titleAERA 2023
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago
Period13/04/2305/05/23
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Citation

Ho, C. S. M., Chiu, M. M., & Choi, T.-H. (2023, April). Impacts of secondary school context and formal teaching on entrepreneurial attributes. Paper presented at 2023 Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association: "Interrogating Consequential Education Research in Pursuit of Truth", Chicago, USA.

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