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ERIC Number: EJ1074240
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-1363-9080
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Defining and Assessing Enterprise Capability in Schools
Davies, Peter; Hughes, Amanda
Journal of Education and Work, v28 n5 p507-527 2015
This paper describes the development of an instrument for assessing enterprise capability in schools. The approach to assessing enterprise capability builds on previous work by including three dimensions: self-efficacy, aspirations and knowledge and awareness. We find significant but weak associations between these three constructs suggesting that that, whilst they can be considered as providing a coherent description of enterprise capability they can also be regarded as distinct dimensions. The instrument also distinguishes between aspiration towards not-for-profit and for-profit enterprise and also between self-efficacy towards two broad enterprise capabilities: (i) project planning and (ii) working with people and information and two specific, market related capabilities: (iii) market risk and (iv) price and profit. We found only modest associations between students' sense of enterpriser self-efficacy and their enterprise knowledge and awareness.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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