A path-centric account of action-oriented entrepreneurship training
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In: Small Business Economics, Vol. 65, No. 2, 08.2025, p. 1241-1282.
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T1 - A path-centric account of action-oriented entrepreneurship training
AU - Gielnik, Michael
AU - Blagoev, Blagoy
AU - Melyoki, Lemayon Lemilia
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2025.
PY - 2025/8
Y1 - 2025/8
N2 - We develop a path-centric account that explains how action-oriented entrepreneurship training translates into self-employment. The path-centric account suggests that action-oriented entrepreneurship training positively impacts self-employment through entrepreneurial motivation and entrepreneurial action, which form a reciprocal and mutually stabilizing relationship after training. Randomized controlled trials with a baseline (N = 1156), a short-term (N = 872), and a 1-year follow-up measurement (N = 622) supported the hypotheses. The path-centric account describes post-training processes that explain the transfer of action-oriented entrepreneurship training. Furthermore, we address a grand challenge by demonstrating how action-oriented entrepreneurship training can reduce unemployment among young adults in low- and middle-income countries.
AB - We develop a path-centric account that explains how action-oriented entrepreneurship training translates into self-employment. The path-centric account suggests that action-oriented entrepreneurship training positively impacts self-employment through entrepreneurial motivation and entrepreneurial action, which form a reciprocal and mutually stabilizing relationship after training. Randomized controlled trials with a baseline (N = 1156), a short-term (N = 872), and a 1-year follow-up measurement (N = 622) supported the hypotheses. The path-centric account describes post-training processes that explain the transfer of action-oriented entrepreneurship training. Furthermore, we address a grand challenge by demonstrating how action-oriented entrepreneurship training can reduce unemployment among young adults in low- and middle-income countries.
KW - Action
KW - Business creation
KW - Experiment
KW - Grand challenge
KW - Motivation
KW - Randomized controlled trials (RCT)
KW - Self-regulation
KW - Sustainable development goals (SDG)
KW - Training transfer
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=105003929853&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11187-025-01048-9
DO - 10.1007/s11187-025-01048-9
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 65
SP - 1241
EP - 1282
JO - Small Business Economics
JF - Small Business Economics
SN - 0921-898X
IS - 2
ER -