TY - JOUR

T1 - A CULTure of entrepreneurship education

AU - Farny, Steffen

AU - Frederiksen, Signe Hedeboe

AU - Hannibal, Martin

AU - Jones, Sally

PY - 2016/9

Y1 - 2016/9

N2 - High hopes are invested in a rapid institutionalization of an enterprise culture in Higher Education (HE). This has heightened the importance of entrepreneurship education (EE) in most Western societies; however, how values and beliefs about entrepreneurship are institutionalized in EE remains relatively unchallenged. This study applies the lens of the cult, in particular three elements Rituals, Deities and the Promise of Salvation, to reflect on the production and reproduction of entrepreneurship in EE. In doing so, the paper addresses uncontested values and beliefs that form a hidden curriculum prevalent in EE. We argue for greater appreciation of reflexive practices to challenge normative promotions of beliefs and values that compare with forms of evangelizing, detrimental to objectives of HE. Consequently, we call for a more critical pedagogy to counteract a ‘cultification’ of entrepreneurship in EE.

AB - High hopes are invested in a rapid institutionalization of an enterprise culture in Higher Education (HE). This has heightened the importance of entrepreneurship education (EE) in most Western societies; however, how values and beliefs about entrepreneurship are institutionalized in EE remains relatively unchallenged. This study applies the lens of the cult, in particular three elements Rituals, Deities and the Promise of Salvation, to reflect on the production and reproduction of entrepreneurship in EE. In doing so, the paper addresses uncontested values and beliefs that form a hidden curriculum prevalent in EE. We argue for greater appreciation of reflexive practices to challenge normative promotions of beliefs and values that compare with forms of evangelizing, detrimental to objectives of HE. Consequently, we call for a more critical pedagogy to counteract a ‘cultification’ of entrepreneurship in EE.

KW - Entrepreneurship

KW - Cult

KW - enterprise culture institutionalization

KW - entrepreneurship education

KW - hidden curriculum

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84984691356&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1080/08985626.2016.1221228

DO - 10.1080/08985626.2016.1221228

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 28

SP - 514

EP - 535

JO - Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

JF - Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

SN - 0898-5626

IS - 7-8

ER -