The potential impact of entrepreneurship education on doctoral students within the non-commercial research environment in Chile

Munoz, Cristian A.; Guerro, Mauricio E.; Mosey, Simon

Abstract

Chilean doctoral programs in science and technology generally do not consider entrepreneurial training within their curricula. Taking an entrepreneurial competency approach, we explore the potential impact of introducing an entrepreneurship education course to doctoral students based within a non-commercial research environment. We identified two main areas of possible impact: the potential effects upon doctoral research projects and the potential effects upon the doctoral students themselves. We followed the learning experiences of science and technology PhD students before, during, and a year after an entrepreneurial course through a multiple case study research design. Our results suggest that entrepreneurship education has a positive impact upon the development of student's creative problem solving and communication skills. This was reported to have a generally positive effect upon the students' doctoral projects and on the student's self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intentions. We conclude that entrepreneurship education complements traditional doctoral training for students within a non commercial academic setting.

Citation

Munoz, C. A., Guerro, M. E., & Mosey, S. (2019). The potential impact of entrepreneurship education on doctoral students within the non-commercial research environment in Chile. Studies in Higher Education, 45(3), 492-510. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2019.1597036

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 17, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Mar 25, 2019
• Publication Date: Mar 25, 2019
• Deposit Date: Apr 29, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 26, 2020
• Journal: Studies in Higher Education
• Print ISSN: 0307-5079
• Electronic ISSN: 1470-174X
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 45
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 492-510
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2019.1597036
• Keywords: Competence approach, doctoral student, entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurial skills, STEM doctoral education
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1848206
• Publisher URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03075079.2019.1597036
• Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Studies in Higher Education on 25/03/2019], available online: http://www.tandfonline.com10.1080/03075079.2019.1597036