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Changes in entrepreneurial self-efficacy since completion of entrepreneurial studies

Entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) is one of the crucial constructs in the psychology of entrepreneurship research. The paper addresses the following issues: is ESE stable or changing characteristic, and the reasons behind that. One general and one specific measure of ESE are tested on 169 final-year students of entrepreneurship in two time points: (1) during the final semester, and (2) 18 months later. It provided answers about changes in the level of ESE in studied period, and whether they can be linked to the differences in participants’ entrepreneurial status. The difference between two measurement points was found for general ESE measure. The ESE is a dynamic construct that changes along with entrepreneurial status. In order to determine exact impact of education on the ESE level, further researches should measure changes in students' ESE from first to their last year of study, both for students of economic and non-economic studies.

entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) ; entrepreneurial education ; ESE measurement

Rad Miljković Krečar, I. i Ćorić, G.: Changes in ESE since completion of entrepreneurial studies predstavljen na 2nd Cyprus International Conference on Educational Research (CY-ICER 2013), te objavljen u zborniku sažetaka (CY-ICER 2013 Proceedings, Elsevier Ltd). Cijeli rad objavljen u Procedia - Social and Behavioral Journal (ISSN: 1877-0428).