An entrepreneurship education and peer mentoring program for women in STEM: mentors’ experiences and perceptions of entrepreneurial self-efficacy and intent

Catherine Elliott, Catherine Mavriplis () and Hanan Anis
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Catherine Elliott: Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa
Catherine Mavriplis: University of Ottawa
Hanan Anis: University of Ottawa

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 2020, vol. 16, issue 1, No 3, 43-67

Abstract: Abstract Women are underrepresented in STEM and in entrepreneurship but are rare in STEM entrepreneurship. A gender-sensitive entrepreneurship education and peer mentoring program for women engineering and computer science students was developed to provide classroom instruction, experiential learning, and support to a small group of students. This paper reports on the experiences of student peer mentors in the program, in terms of entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) and entrepreneurial intent (EI). Qualitative methods were adopted for this study. Student mentors were interviewed about their experiences and reported increased perceptions of entrepreneurial self-efficacy, a greater awareness of diversity and gender issues, and a changed perspective on problem solving and life in general. Student mentors reported a distinct interest in becoming an entrepreneur at “some time” in their lives, although not necessarily immediately upon graduation.

Keywords: Women in STEM; Women in entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial intent; Entrepreneurial self-efficacy; Entrepreneurship education; Entrepreneurship mentoring (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/s11365-019-00624-2

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