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Developing Entrepreneurial Competencies in Higher Education: A Structural Model Approach
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Ferreras-Garcia, Raquel; Sales-Zaguirre, Jordi; Serradell-López, Enric – Education & Training, 2021
Purpose: The aim of this article is to propose and test a structural model of relationships between generic and specific competencies and entrepreneurial competencies in order to assess students' learning. Design/methodology/approach: The study was carried out on a sample of 337 students enrolled on the entrepreneurship specialisation of the final…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Entrepreneurship, Business Administration Education
What Spanish ICT Employers Want: Before and a Decade after the Introduction of the EHEA
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Llorens, Ariadna; Prat, Joana; Pažur Anicic, Katarina – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2023
This paper analyses the effect that the fulfilment of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) has got among engineers in the information and communication technologies (ICT) sector. The focus is on Spain, and the comparison of the technical and managerial knowledge and skills most demanded by the sector in 2008 and 2018, coinciding with the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Employer Attitudes, Higher Education
Entrepreneurial Skills and Socio-Cultural Factors: An Empirical Analysis in Secondary Education Students
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Rosique-Blasco, Mario; Madrid-Guijarro, Antonia; García-Pérez-de-Lema, Domingo – Education & Training, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore how entrepreneurial skills (such as creativity, proactivity and risk tolerance) and socio-cultural factors (such as role model and businessman image) affect secondary education students' propensity towards entrepreneurial options in their future careers. Design/methodology/approach: A sample of…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Entrepreneurship, Skill Development, Social Influences
Lifeplace Learning for Effective Professional Development in Industry and Business
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Harris, Margaret; Chisholm, Colin; Allan, Malcolm – Industry and Higher Education, 2010
The authors report the results of a European project, Lifelearn, and discuss how lifeplace learning (LPL) can be used to effect appropriate learning opportunities for all. The project tested the concept of valuing and accrediting learning from life experiences in higher education in Europe, and its conclusions suggest that LPL is valuable for both…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Industry, Skilled Workers, Foreign Countries
Pressures and Resistance to the Introduction of Skills in Business Administration and Accounting Education in Spain: A New Institutional Theory Analysis
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Gonzalez, Jose Maria Gonzalez; Montano, Jose Arquero; Hassall, Trevor – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2009
Teachers, students and professionals have confirmed the need to introduce skills into business administration and accounting education in Spain. However, this change has not taken place at any desirable level. This paper uses the New Institutional Sociology (NIS) to analyse the pressures to introduce the policy that consists of the incorporation…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Foreign Countries, Accounting, Resistance to Change