TY - JOUR

T1 - Action and action-regulation in entrepreneurship: Evaluating a student training for promoting entrepreneurship

AU - Gielnik, Michael

AU - Frese, Michael

AU - Kahara-Kawuki, Audrey

AU - Katono, Isaac W.

AU - Kyejjusa, Sarah

AU - Ngoma, Muhammed

AU - Munene, John

AU - Namatovu-Dawa, Rebecca

AU - Nansubuga, Florence

AU - Orobia, Laura

AU - Oyugi, Jacob

AU - Sejjaaka, Samuel

AU - Sserwanga, Arthur

AU - Walter, Thomas

AU - Bischoff, Kim Marie

AU - Dlugosch, Thorsten

PY - 2015/3/1

Y1 - 2015/3/1

N2 - Action plays a central role in entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education. Based on action regulation theory, we developed an action-based entrepreneurship training. The training put a particular focus on action insofar as the participants learned action principles and engaged in the start-up of a business during the training. We hypothesized that a set of action-regulatory factors mediates the effect of the training on entrepreneurial action. We evaluated the training's impact over a 12-month period using a randomized control group design. As hypothesized, the training had positive effects on action-regulatory factors (entrepreneurial goal intentions, action planning, action knowledge, and entrepreneurial self-efficacy) and the action-regulatory factors mediated the effect of the training on entrepreneurial action. Furthermore, entrepreneurial action and business opportunity identification mediated the effect of the training on business creation. Our study shows that action-regulatory mechanisms play an important role for action-based entrepreneurship trainings and business creation.

AB - Action plays a central role in entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education. Based on action regulation theory, we developed an action-based entrepreneurship training. The training put a particular focus on action insofar as the participants learned action principles and engaged in the start-up of a business during the training. We hypothesized that a set of action-regulatory factors mediates the effect of the training on entrepreneurial action. We evaluated the training's impact over a 12-month period using a randomized control group design. As hypothesized, the training had positive effects on action-regulatory factors (entrepreneurial goal intentions, action planning, action knowledge, and entrepreneurial self-efficacy) and the action-regulatory factors mediated the effect of the training on entrepreneurial action. Furthermore, entrepreneurial action and business opportunity identification mediated the effect of the training on business creation. Our study shows that action-regulatory mechanisms play an important role for action-based entrepreneurship trainings and business creation.

KW - Management studies

KW - Empirical education research

KW - Entrepreneurship

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84926678948&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.5465/amle.2012.0107

DO - 10.5465/amle.2012.0107

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 14

SP - 69

EP - 94

JO - Academy of Management Learning & Education

JF - Academy of Management Learning & Education

SN - 1537-260X

IS - 1

ER -