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T1 Evaluating a University Entrepreneurial Programme in a Developing Country: Applying Rasch Measurement Theory to Attitude to Enterprise
A1 Gil Soto, María Esperanza
A1 Oreja Rodríguez, Juan Ramón
A1 García Rodríguez, Francisco J.
A1 Ruiz Rosa, Inés
K1 entrepreneurial education, attitude toward enterprise, developing countries, Rasch Measurement
Theory
AB This paper examines the impact of an educational programme developed in Senegal with university studentsand designed to encourage entrepreneurship by influencing personal attitudes toward enterprise. The instrument to measure the entrepreneurial potential of young people has been applied in different socio-demographiccontexts in some previous empirical research. Improvements in students’ perception of attitudinal factors associated with leadership, creativity, achievement and intuition can be inferred from the results of the longitudinalanalysis conducted. Moreover, a positive and significant relationship between students’ perceived behaviouralcontrol and their attitudes toward starting a business at the end of the entrepreneurial programme is confirmed.Rasch Measurement Theory is applied to analyse the validity of the measurements and findings suggest thatthe scale used seems to be a reliable and valid tool for measuring entrepreneurial attitude in a university setting.Results confirm that entrepreneurship programmes have the potential to improve the entrepreneurial attitudesof students in a developing country.
SN 2157-5665
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/34683
UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/34683
DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 07-ago-2024