Title: Evaluating the Jordanian university graduates' entrepreneurship skills

Authors: Shadi Altahat; Yousef Alsafadi; Abdalah Gazan

Addresses: Faculty of Business, Philadelphia University in Jordan, Jordan ' Department of Entrepreneurship, School of Business, Irbid National University, Jordan ' Department of Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Arts, Yarmouk University, Jordan

Abstract: Entrepreneurship is fundamental to modern economics and technological development, and is vital to transitioning towards an interconnected digital economy, which requires adequate entrepreneurial skills that support this development. This study aimed to reveal the ability of Jordanian university graduates in some majors to pursue entrepreneurial work by examining their possession of entrepreneurial skills. This study utilised the descriptive, analytical approach on a sample of 322 graduate students. The study found that the degree of entrepreneurial skill possession among Jordanian university graduate students was moderate. However, graduates with prior work experience were found to have a significantly greater degree of entrepreneurial skills possession than those without. Moreover, among university graduates who have prior work experience, entrepreneurship personal skills were most available, followed by entrepreneurship technical skills, whereas entrepreneurship management skills were the least available. The study recommends universities enhance their course plan by adding practical courses to develop entrepreneurial skills.

Keywords: entrepreneurship personal skills; EPS; entrepreneurship; management skills; entrepreneurship technical skills; ETS; Jordanian university graduates'.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2023.134658

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 2023 Vol.32 No.2, pp.207 - 225

Received: 17 Mar 2021
Accepted: 29 Apr 2021

Published online: 03 Nov 2023 *

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