Linkages between entrepreneurial intentions and entrepreneurship education: new evidence on the gender imbalance

PurposeEmbracing the theories of gender role and career socialization, this study focuses on young adults and explores gender differences in entrepreneurial intentions and entrepreneurship education.Design/methodology/approachBased on 203 young adults, this study employs a logistic regression model...

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Published in:	Education & training (London) Vol. 63; no. 6; pp. 906 - 919
Main Authors:	Salavou, Helen Efstratios, Chalkos, Georgios, Lioukas, Spyros
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Emerald Publishing Limited 09-07-2021 Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Subjects:	Academic Education Adults Career Choice Careers Colleges & universities Correlation Curricula Education Educational Background Educational Benefits Empirical analysis Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship education Foreign Countries Gender aspects Gender Differences Higher Education Hypotheses Intention Learning Processes Linkages Men Population Regression models Self employment Sex Stereotypes Socialization Stereotypes Universities Variance analysis Women Young Adults Greece United States > US Europe Greek universities Entrepreneurial intentions Young adults Gender Entrepreneurship education
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Summary:	PurposeEmbracing the theories of gender role and career socialization, this study focuses on young adults and explores gender differences in entrepreneurial intentions and entrepreneurship education.Design/methodology/approachBased on 203 young adults, this study employs a logistic regression model to test hypothesis 1 regarding differences in gender. In addition, it performs an analysis of variance using the two groups of young adults with and without academic entrepreneurship education to detect differences in entrepreneurial intentions between men (hypothesis 2) and women (hypothesis 3).FindingsThe empirical findings from a European country trailing in university-level entrepreneurship education confirm the dominant evidence that young women have lower entrepreneurial intentions than young men. In addition, women's proclivity toward entrepreneurship is lower with academic entrepreneurship education than without.Originality/valueThis study provides new evidence from Greece, which has few studies on entrepreneurship education at the tertiary level. Scholars are advised to keep track of the new pathway exploring linkages between gender, entrepreneurial intentions and entrepreneurship education. Policymakers in Europe are encouraged to establish an approach of tailoring university courses to their students. Currently, society will benefit from entrepreneurship education curricula targeting young women based on their particular needs and interests, while nurturing their entrepreneurial intentions.
ISSN:	0040-0912 1758-6127
DOI:	10.1108/ET-10-2020-0301