Evaluation of entrepreneurship education program in higher education

Arasti, Zahra; Saeidbanadaki, Saeideh

doi:10.22047/ijee.2013.2964

Evaluation of entrepreneurship education program in higher education

Document Type : Scientific - Research

Authors

Zahra Arasti ¹

Saeideh Saeidbanadaki ²

¹ Assistant Professor, Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran

² MA. Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22047/ijee.2013.2964

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to identify the effect of education on entrepreneurship intention and its determinants, including "attitude towards behavior", "subjective norms" and "perceived behavioral control" in Golpayegan University students that participate in the 72 hours entrepreneurship education workshop. Data has been collected by questionnaire in two phases, at the beginning and at the end of semester. The results pointed out the impact of entrepreneurship education on students' entrepreneurship intention, but not significant in determinants elements. Also, the impact of entrepreneurship education on industrial engineering students in comparison with other group of students was significant in variables "attitude towards behavior" and "subjective norms".

Keywords

entrepreneurship education

Higher education

Entrepreneurial intention

attitude towards behavior

subjective norms and perceived behavioral control