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Action and action-regulation in entrepreneurship: evaluating a student training for promoting entrepreneurship

Gielnik, Michael M., Frese, Michael, Kahara-Kawuki, Audrey, Wasswa Katono, Isaac, Kyejjusa, Sarah, Ngoma, Muhammed, Munene, John, Namatovu-Dawa, Rebecca +8 more·2015·Academy of Management Learning & Education

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Action plays a central role in entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education. Based on action regulation theory, we developed an action-based entrepreneurship training. The training put a particular focus on action insofar as the participants learned action principles and engaged in the start-up of a business during the training. We hypothesized that a set of action-regulatory factors mediates the effect of the training on entrepreneurial action. We evaluated the training's impact over a 12-month period using a randomized control group design. As hypothesized, the training had positive effects on action-regulatory factors (entrepreneurial goal intentions, action planning, action knowledge, and entrepreneurial self-efficacy) and the action-regulatory factors mediated the effect of the training on entrepreneurial action. Furthermore, entrepreneurial action and business opportunity identification mediated the effect of the training on business creation. Our study shows that action-regulatory mechanisms play an important role for action-based entrepreneurship trainings and business creation.

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Gielnik, M. M., Frese, M., Kahara-Kawuki, A., Wasswa Katono, I., Kyejjusa, S., Ngoma, M., Munene, J., Namatovu-Dawa, R., Nansubuga, F., Orobia, L., Oyugi, J., Sejjaaka, S., Sserwanga, A., Walter, T., Bischoff, K. M., & Dlugosch, T. J.
Affiliations
  • Leuphana University of Lüneburg (DE)
  • National University of Singapore and Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany
  • Makerere University (UG)
  • Uganda Christian University, Kampala, Uganda
  • Kyambogo University (UG)
  • GIZ, Arusha, Tanzania
Venue
Academy of Management Learning & Education
Published
2015-03
Volume
14
Issue
1
Pages
69-94
ISSN
  • 1537-260X (ISSN-L)
  • 1944-9585
OpenAlex
W2052216397
Cited by
305
References
176
Citations by year
2026: 19 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 26 · 2023: 36 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 32 · 2020: 31 · 2019: 30 · 2018: 28 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 1
FWCI
18.80
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Academy of Management Learning and Education (publishedVersion)
  • National University of Singapore (submittedVersion)
  • Multilingual Matters (Channel View Publications) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
  • Social Sciences › Education › Vocational and Entrepreneurial Education
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
Keywords
entrepreneurship education, action regulation theory, entrepreneurial action, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, action planning, action knowledge, opportunity recognition, startups

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