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Leveraging online platforms for coach-peer conferences among university student entrepreneurs: building entrepreneurial self-efficacy

Dian Arief Pradana (Faculty of Education, Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Banyuwangi, Banyuwangi, Indonesia)
Herdiana Dyah Susanti (Faculty of Engineering, Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Banyuwangi, Banyuwangi, Indonesia)

Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning

ISSN: 2042-3896

Article publication date: 8 October 2024

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Abstract

Purpose

The present study aims to examine the lived experience of undergraduate students in learning entrepreneurship education through online coach-peer conference at a university in Indonesia, in order to explore the lived experience of undergraduate students in developing entrepreneurial self-efficacy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design/methodology/approach

Anchored in a phenomenological case study, the student participants were interviewed using online platforms such as WhatsApp and Zoom. To triangulate the data, photographs were taken during observation while the participants were engaged in the online learning process. The interview data were transcribed, interpreted using interpretative phenomenological analysis and thematically analyzed.

Findings

This study showed that participants built businesses with (1) the formation of entrepreneurial attitudes and behaviors, (2) increased their entrepreneurial literacy, and (3) increased their involvement in entrepreneurship education coaching programs. This study suggests that the development of entrepreneurial self-efficacy through an online coach-peer conference is important in the development of student businesses.

Originality/value

The findings suggest that nurturing the role of online coach-peer conferences in building student entrepreneurial self-efficacy, both during the pandemic of COVID-19 and in the future.

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Citation

Pradana, D.A. and Susanti, H.D. (2024), "Leveraging online platforms for coach-peer conferences among university student entrepreneurs: building entrepreneurial self-efficacy", Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/HESWBL-05-2024-0128

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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