Skills and knowledge management in higher education: how service learning can contribute to social entrepreneurial competence development
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T1 - Skills and knowledge management in higher education
T2 - how service learning can contribute to social entrepreneurial competence development
AU - Halberstadt, Jantje
AU - Timm, Jana-Michaela
AU - Kraus, Sascha
AU - Gundolf, Katherine
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2019, Emerald Publishing Limited.
PY - 2019/12/11
Y1 - 2019/12/11
N2 - PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to elaborate on how service learning approaches are able to foster social entrepreneurship competences. The aim of the paper is to formulate a framework of key competences for social entrepreneurship and to give first insights in how service learning actually has an impact on change in students’ set of competences.Design/methodology/approachThis paper uses a mixed-methods approach combining qualitative data collectionmethods of learning diaries of the students and semi-structured interviews, including 40 master’s students studying at a German university in interdisciplinary learning settings and five instructors from the same universities. Analysis was carried out by means of qualitative content analysis.FindingsThis paper provides empirical insights about the competences that are being fostered by service learning. From these, a framework for social entrepreneurship competences is being derived.Research limitations/implicationsThe set of competences should be further investigated, as it was derived out of a small data set. Therefore, researchers are encouraged to use the set of competences for social entrepreneurship as a basis for future research and on a longer-term perspective, which lead to substantial implications for educational practice.Practical implicationsThis paper includes implications for new perspectives on service learning in the light of the development of a relevant framework for social entrepreneurship competence, having significant implications for educational practice in social entrepreneurship education.Originality/valueWith this paper, the authors fulfill the need of a framework of social entrepreneurship competences that serves as a foundation for educational practice and further research in the context of service learning and beyond.
AB - PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to elaborate on how service learning approaches are able to foster social entrepreneurship competences. The aim of the paper is to formulate a framework of key competences for social entrepreneurship and to give first insights in how service learning actually has an impact on change in students’ set of competences.Design/methodology/approachThis paper uses a mixed-methods approach combining qualitative data collectionmethods of learning diaries of the students and semi-structured interviews, including 40 master’s students studying at a German university in interdisciplinary learning settings and five instructors from the same universities. Analysis was carried out by means of qualitative content analysis.FindingsThis paper provides empirical insights about the competences that are being fostered by service learning. From these, a framework for social entrepreneurship competences is being derived.Research limitations/implicationsThe set of competences should be further investigated, as it was derived out of a small data set. Therefore, researchers are encouraged to use the set of competences for social entrepreneurship as a basis for future research and on a longer-term perspective, which lead to substantial implications for educational practice.Practical implicationsThis paper includes implications for new perspectives on service learning in the light of the development of a relevant framework for social entrepreneurship competence, having significant implications for educational practice in social entrepreneurship education.Originality/valueWith this paper, the authors fulfill the need of a framework of social entrepreneurship competences that serves as a foundation for educational practice and further research in the context of service learning and beyond.
KW - Knowledge management
KW - Service Learning
KW - Social Entrepreneurship Competences
KW - Social Entrepreneurship Education
KW - Sustainability sciences, Management & Economics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85074000013&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1108/JKM-12-2018-0744
DO - 10.1108/JKM-12-2018-0744
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 23
SP - 1925
EP - 1948
JO - Journal of Knowledge Management
JF - Journal of Knowledge Management
SN - 1367-3270
IS - 10
ER -