Entrepreneurship Education as Learning to Form Identities — Cross-Cultural Perspective
Aaltio, I., & Wang, Q. (2015). Entrepreneurship Education as Learning to Form Identities — Cross-Cultural Perspective. In J. C. Sanchez-Garcia (Ed.), Entrepreneurship Education and Training (pp. 201-224). InTech. https://doi.org/10.5772/59061
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[Introduction] In this study we focus on entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurs’ professional identity and related cross-cultural issues [1]. Today’s global business requires professional identities that are flexible and broad-mind, and this is why teaching should recognize these challenges. There is a need for new skills such as generalist skills, social skills and abilities for creating and sustaining new, complex trust-based business networks. We believe entrepreneurship education can promote such abilities. The entrepreneurs-to-be also need ethical rules and codes as they build values and ethical understanding, all rooted in identity. Recently, researchers such as Rae [4] have stressed the need for entrepreneurship education with a strong emphasis on sustainability and responsibility. [Continues, please see the article]
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