Assessment of Entrepreneurial Orientation in Vocational Training Students: Development of a New Scale and Relationships With Self-Efficacy and Personal Initiative

Frontiers in Psychology

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Arantxa Gorostiaga¹  Jone Aliri¹  Imanol Ulacia¹  Goretti Soroa²  Nekane Balluerka¹  Aitor Aritzeta³  Alexander Muela² 

[1] Department of Social Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Methods, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU;Department of Personality, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU;Department of Basic Psychological Processes and Development, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU

关键词: entrepreneurial orientation;    self-efficacy;    personal initiative;    measurement invariance;    multi-group confirmatory factor analysis;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01125

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Having emerged as an important concept in the organizational field, entrepreneurial orientation has also become a key idea in the context of education. Indeed, entrepreneurial education is now one of the common objectives for education and training systems in the European Union. Despite its importance, however, there is a scarcity of valid and reliable measures for assessing entrepreneurial orientation in students. The present study aimed to address this by developing and examining the psychometric properties of the Entrepreneurial Orientation Scale (EOS). A second objective is to study the relationships between entrepreneurial orientation and gender, self-efficacy, and personal initiative. The sample comprised 411 vocational training students (50.36% male, 49.64% female). The final version of the instrument comprised 32 items assessing six dimensions: innovativeness, risk-taking, proactiveness, competitiveness, achievement orientation, and learning orientation. The EOS showed good psychometric properties and its dimensions demonstrated concurrent relationships with self-efficacy and personal initiative. The EOS may be used to measure entrepreneurial orientation in the educational context and to evaluate interventions designed to promote an entrepreneurial spirit in schools, colleges, and universities.

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