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Influences on students attitudes toward entrepreneurship: A multi-country study

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Entrepreneurship has been emphasized in many countries as a way of boosting economic growth and job creation. As entrepreneurship is becoming popular around the world, its education should be customized according to each country’s unique cultural context. The purpose of this paper is to identify differences among the selected nations in terms of factors that are important to enhance the pedagogical effect of entrepreneurship education. This is an empirical study based on the data collected from university students in the US, Korea, China and Fiji representing nations with significantly different cultural contexts. The results imply that customized approaches based on unique cultural context are needed for effective entrepreneurship education in each country.

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  1. Department of Management, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 209 CBA, Lincoln, NE, 68588-0491, USA

    Sang M. Lee & Weixing Li

  2. Jones School of Business, SUNY-Geneseo, Geneseo, USA

    Seong-bae Lim

  3. Department of Management & Public Administration, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji

    Raghuvar D. Pathak

  4. School of Business Administration, Kyonggi University, Suwon, South Korea

    Daesung Chang

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10 Questions Used to Extract Three Factors

  1. 1)

    I want to launch a new venture company of my own before graduation.

  2. 2)

    I am confident that I can successfully launch a new venture company on my own.

  3. 3)

    I am confident that I can select a business with good potential if I launch a new venture company of my own.

  4. 4)

    If I launch a new venture company, I can provide my own funds and human resources

  5. 5)

    I am more interested in establishing my own venture company than getting a job.

  6. 6)

    Even if I launch new ventures and fail many times, I will keep on trying until I succeed.

  7. 7)

    I think that founding a new venture company is the only way to succeed in life.

  8. 8)

    I would dedicate my life to establishing a new venture company even if my parents were strongly against it.

  9. 9)

    If I launch a new venture company, I will limit its area of operation to my own country.

  10. 10)

    If I launch a new venture company, I will expand its business to all over the world.

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Lee, S.M., Lim, Sb., Pathak, R.D. et al. Influences on students attitudes toward entrepreneurship: A multi-country study. Entrepreneurship Mgt. 2, 351–366 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-006-0003-2

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