TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract This paper investigates empirically the link between entrepreneurship education programs and students’ entrepreneurial behavior, with a particular focus on the distinction between experiential and classroom-based education. We introduce a more refined measure of entrepreneurial engagement that combines entrepreneurship intention and actual steps taken to realize that intention. Using data from a survey of 836 students at the National University of Singapore (NUS), we utilize linear regression models to examine not only the direct effect of entrepreneurship education program participation on entrepreneurial engagement, but also its possible interaction effect with several psychological constructs drawn from the Theory of Planned Behavior. The results show that participation in university entrepreneurship programs, especially experiential-learning programs, has significant positive influence on students’ entrepreneurial engagement. Moreover, the effect of program participation is significantly moderated by the students’ attitudes and perceptions. The findings have important practical implications for universities in designing entrepreneurship programs on campus. The study supports the call to move toward hands-on experiential programs as a more effective way for educational institutions to influence students’ entrepreneurial behavior and encourage venture creation activity on campus. We also contribute to the literature by confirming the impact of entrepreneurship education not only on entrepreneurial intentions but also on the concrete steps taken by students toward venture creation.
VL  - 24
SN  - 978-1-78350-497-8, 978-1-78350-498-5/1048-4736
DO  - 10.1108/S1048-473620140000024003
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1048-473620140000024003
AU  - Ho Yuen-Ping
AU  - Low Pei-Chin
AU  - Wong Poh-Kam
PY  - 2014
Y1  - 2014/01/01
TI  - Do University Entrepreneurship Programs Influence Students’ Entrepreneurial Behavior? An Empirical Analysis of University Students in Singapore
T2  - Innovative Pathways for University Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century
T3  - Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 65
EP  - 87
Y2  - 2024/05/13
ER  -