Students Entrepreneurial Behaviour: An Eight-Construct Scale Validation

Serje Schmidt, Maria Cristina Bohnenberger, Mateus Panizzon, Silvana Regina Ampessan M, Eveliina Toivonen and Minttu Lampinen
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Serje Schmidt: Universidade FEEVALE, Postal: Universidade FEEVALE
Maria Cristina Bohnenberger: Universidade FEEVALE, Postal: Universidade FEEVALE
Mateus Panizzon: Universidade FEEVALE, Postal: Universidade FEEVALE
Silvana Regina Ampessan M: Universidade FEEVALE, Postal: Universidade FEEVALE
Eveliina Toivonen: Universidade FEEVALE, Postal: Universidade FEEVALE
Minttu Lampinen: Universidade FEEVALE, Postal: Universidade FEEVALE

International Journal of Entrepreneurship, 2018, vol. 22, issue 2

Abstract: This study aims to propose and validate a measurement scale for an eight-dimension entrepreneurial orientation in an international context. A sample of 2,175 students from Brazilian and Finnish universities was used. Exploratory factor analysis followed by validation and reliability using structural equations modelling were performed. Seven of the proposed dimensions were validated and confirmed by this study. Results may contribute to future assessments of entrepreneurial profile within an international setting, to entrepreneurial education and to the debate about the complexity of the entrepreneurial behaviour. Entrepreneurial behaviour assessment has evolved in terms of construct complexity and scope of empirical observation. This study proposes an encompassing conceptualization in terms of the number of dimensions considered and its application in an international setting, involving two different countries in terms of entrepreneurial behaviour.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Behaviour; Scale Development; Scale Validation; Intercultural Comparison; Entrepreneurial Education. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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