Title: Gender and the effects of an entrepreneurship training programme on entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial knowledge gain

Authors: Noa Bergman, Zehava Rosenblatt, Miriam Erez, Uzi De-Haan

Addresses: Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel. ' Faculty of Education, University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel. ' Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel. ' Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel

Abstract: The impact of entrepreneurship training on entrepreneurial self-efficacy, on entrepreneurship-related knowledge gain, and on the moderating role of gender on these relationships was studied. 122 junior high-school boys and girls participated in a one-year entrepreneurship training programme; a matched sample of 144 students did not participate. Participants| entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial knowledge were assessed at the beginning and end of the programme. Boys benefited from the entrepreneurship training much more than girls. Results are further discussed in light of gender role theories.

Keywords: entrepreneurship education; gender; entrepreneurs; training; entrepreneurial self-efficacy; youth; junior high schools; knowledge gain; entrepreneurial knowledge; boys; girls.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2011.040415

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2011 Vol.13 No.1, pp.38 - 54

Published online: 11 Oct 2014 *

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