Scandinavian Working Papers in Business Administration

SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Business Administration,
Stockholm School of Economics

No 2008:4: CREATIVITY IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION

Daniel Yar (), Karl Wennberg () and Henrik Berglund ()
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Daniel Yar: University College of Borås, Postal: SE-501 90 Borås
Karl Wennberg: Dept. of Business Administration, Stockholm School of Economics, Postal: Stockholm School of Economics, P.O. Box 6501, SE-113 83 Stockholm, Sweden
Henrik Berglund: Chalmers University of Technology, Postal: SE-412 96 Göteborg

Abstract: This paper uses social cognitive theory to investigate entrepreneurial intent among participants in graduate entrepreneurship programs. To the best of our knowledge, the paper is the first to investigate the importance of creativity in entrepreneurship education and theoretical models of entrepreneurial intentions. Specifically, we test whether students creative potential is related to their intention to engage in entrepreneurship. Theoretically derived hypotheses are tested using multiple and ordinal regression analyses. We find that high scores on a creativity test and prior entrepreneurial experiences were positively associated with entrepreneurial intentions, whereas perception of risks had a negative influence. Our theoretical predictors of entreprenurial intention received strong support, indicating that creativity should be considered in models of entrepreneurial intentions. Yet, the use of intentions as dependent variable has its know weaknesses in that we might not distinguish between 'dreamers' and 'doers'. The findings indicate that exercises in creativity can be used to raise entrepreneurial intentions of students in entrepreneurship education. Heterogeneity in creative styles among students also points to the problems of a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to entrepreneurship education.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship education; intentions; creativity

27 pages, First version: January 1, 2008. Revised: April 3, 2008.

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Daniel Yar, Karl Wennberg and Henrik Berglund, (2008), 'CREATIVITY IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION', Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, vol 15, no 2, pages 304-320

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