DEVELOPING ENTREPRENEURIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN MINORITY YOUTH: THE EFFECTS OF EDUCATION AND ENTERPRISE EXPERIENCE

Investigates the degree to which entrepreneurialtraining and enterprise experience cultivate entrepreneurial characteristics inyouth. Following a review of the literature on entrepreneurshipeducation, ethnic entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurial characteristics, anumber of hypotheses are presented. Taken together, the hypothesessuggest that students receiving entrepreneurial training and experience attainhigher levels of entrepreneurial qualities such as achievement motivation,personal control, self-esteem, and creativity. Data from a survey of 502 minority students from an inner-city schooldistrict in New Jersey are used to test the hypotheses. Survey resultsindicate that students engaged in entrepreneurial training and classroom-basedenterprise did indeed possess higher degrees of entrepreneurial qualities thandid their untrained classmates. It is concludedthat training andenterprising behavior can have a significant impact on entrepreneurialcharacteristics and that policy makers should allocate resources forentrepreneurship education. (SAA)

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