In Quest of Legitimacy: The Theoretical and Methodological Foundations of Entrepreneurship Education Research

Wapshott, Robert; Fayolle, Alain; Verzat, Caroline; Paris, School; Business, Novancia

Abstract

This special issue editorial discusses the current state of entrepreneurship education research and identifies the ways in which the three quite different papers comprising this Special Issue contribute to advancing the theoretical and methodological foundations of the field. In doing so the introduction seeks to describe how and why entrepreneurship education research may struggle for legitimacy along with the complexities of working in this field. This Special Issue raises questions about entrepreneurship education research and through the featured papers, provides some responses. The special issue itself, however, is presented as part of an ongoing discussion about the nature and role of entrepreneurship education research more widely intended to provoke further, critical engagement with the topic and stimulate further theoretical and methodological development.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 16, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Oct 21, 2016
• Publication Date: Nov 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Apr 23, 2020
• Journal: International Small Business Journal
• Print ISSN: 0266-2426
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 34
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 895-904
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242616649250
• Keywords: Entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurship education research, entrepreneurship pedagogy, entrepreneurship didactics, ethics and epistemology
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4328869
• Publisher URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0266242616649250