2018 Emerald Literati Award for Highly Commended Paper

The first study of its kind shows that college professors underestimate students’ consistent interest in entrepreneurship.

Abstract

A new approach in entrepreneurship education.  This paper compares faculty and student perceptions and beliefs about entrepreneurship motives and barriers and student aspirations.  Data on 3,037 students and faculty in the USA, China, India, Turkey, Belgium, and Spain, focuses on perceptions of entrepreneurship motives and barriers.  We find significant faculty-student differences in views of entrepreneurship motives and barriers, university environments, and student aspirations.

An especially important finding is that, across six countries with widely varying cultures, economies, and entrepreneurial environments, students consistently see themselves as more entrepreneurial than the faculty perceive.